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Show I!' wehSi j LONDON, Friday, Nov. S. (British ; Wireless Service.) In the period be- , tween March 21, 1918, and October i 24, 1918, the persentages of casualties to strength among Infantry for United 5 Kingdom, Canadian and Australian troops wero respectively: United Kingdom divisions Officers 118 per cent; other 'ranks 121 per cent. Canadian divisions Officers 97 per ! cont; other ranks 84 per cent. J Australian divisions Officers 93 j per cent; other ranks 95 per cent. As regards horse and Held artillery j in the same period, tho United Klng- I doni provided 85.88 per cent of tho I British total strength in these arms I and 86.37 per cent of the British total casualties. 1; In the time recorded the average E number of days out of the lino per I division was approximately as fol- lows: 1 United Klngdam divisions 89 days I out of line; Australian divisions 79 I days and Canadian divisions 102 days. |