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Show MARIS IN THE FIGHT Headquarters Announces Announ-ces Total Casualties of 274. IN SEVERE BATTLES One Company Loses Heavily in the Fighting. WASHINGTON, April 25. Marines lighting in France have had a total of 271 casualties, marine headquarters anonunced today. The casualties were divided as follows Officers wounded. 4; enlisted men killed 34, and enlisted men wounded, 236. One company lost 21 men killed an' 140 wtjunded tout of yi total strength of 250 men. This was the first official announcement announce-ment that the marines are taking an active part in the fighting. The marines ma-rines were among the first soldiers to go to France but it had been understood under-stood they were being used for police purposes back of the fighting line. oo |