The official histories of the deadly struggles of armies show
that they are not so wasteful of life as is generally supposed. Mr.
William Barwick Hodge examined the records and despatches in the
War-Office in London, and from these and other sources prepared an
exceedingly valuable and instructive paper on "The Mortality arising
from Military Operations," which was read before the London Statistical
Society, and printed in the nineteenth volume of the Society's journal.
Some of the tables will be as interesting to Americans as to Englishmen.
On the following page is a tabular view, taken from this work, of the
casualties in nineteen battles fought by the British armies with those
of other nations.
TABLE 1.--NINETEEN LAND-BATTLES.
BRITISH
Casualties
Killed in battle
Officers ---------------
and men Per 1000
Date. Battles. engaged Number engaged
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1801, March 21, . . . . . Alexandria . . . . .
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