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Show oo DEATH ROLL OF THE ARMIES. In the battle of nations, Russia, before be-fore yielding to German arms and intrigue, in-trigue, paid a heavy toll in lives. Russia is accorded little or no credit for defeating the central powers, and yet Russian troops were a mighty force in the earlier periods of the fighting and did much to allow France and Great Britain to prepare for the conflict. con-flict. Casualties reported from Petrograd make a total of 9,500,000, with 1,700,-000 1,700,-000 killed. During the war. 2,500,000 Russians were taken prisoners, 3,500,-"000 3,500,-"000 were slightly wounded and 1,450,-000 1,450,-000 disabled. And the war is not ended in Russia, The killing goes on and starvation adds to the horror. When Russia deserted the entente, the allied people lost sympathy for the Slavs', and later, with the outbreak of anarchy,' confidence was destroyed. For a time it looked as though the Germans Ger-mans would be able to gain a complete mastery over the Russians and in the end utilize their man power in hammering hammer-ing down the allies. Then is when the Russian losses began to take on a favorable aspect. Before Russia was put out of the war, the armies of the Slavs sapped Austria-Hungary of its vitality. That is one reason why the troops of Emperor Em-peror Charles were unable to make headway against the Italians. No nation suffered such fe.arful losses as did Russia, although tho Germans Ger-mans had more men killed. It is estimated esti-mated that 2,000,000 Germans were slaughtered, and notless than 4,100,000 were wounded. France was third in casualties, with 1,400,000 killed. Great Britain's death list totals C5S.000 and Italy's 500,000. The casualties for all the nations is approximately as follows: Killed Wounded Russian 1,700,000 5,200,000 France 1,400,000 2,000,000 Britain 700,000 2,300,000 Italy 500,000 1,500,000 Austria . . ,- 1,600,000 2,400,000 Germany 2,000,000 4,060,000 Turkey . 500,000 1,000,000 Bulgaria 250,000 500,000 Serbia . . 200,000 500,000 America 60,000 190,000 oo |