Eureka Reporter | 1905-02-17 | Page 2 | Russian Loss during Year

RUSSIAN LOSS DURING MR BETWEEN AND KILLED IN BATTLE fifty thousand rhou and in hosp tal but the war offee off ce cons ders the showing made as satisfying sat saying the official re returns turris for the first year df the war not including the port arthur statistics show that of beers acers and men passed through the hospitals going north of which num ier 1710 officers were wounded and I 1 1308 were sick 63 men were wounded and 72 sick 4 sub died in hospital wounded and 11 sick were inva aided aided 9 49 returned to russia and 11 are still in hospitals over 77 00 therefore presumably returned to he rani s these figures do not in lude the number of those killed on the he field of batttle nor probably those slightly injured who remained tern tem pora rily in field hospitals the shaina showing is considered remark able the proportion dying in hospit ills is very low the total loss fo fd the carve tin egrini army in n wounded and sick di ing fn eg a blittle little over 50 of whom al most half have still a chance of re turning f q the ranks the ohalf will be invalided or returned to russia the killed in battle are estimated to leave lave numbered between 40 and 50