BRITISH WAR CASUALTIES.
TOTAL OVER 3-1(1,000. London, July 27. Mr Asquith says the British naval casualties to the 20th July were 6[5 officers, whereof 499 were killed, and 8,491 men, whereof 7,430 were killed. Military casualties, to the iSlh, in France, totalled 11,254 officers, whereof 3,288 were killed, and 255,649 men, whereof 48,372 were killed. In the Dardanelles, including naval division, the casualties were 2,144 officers, whereof 567 were killed, and 47,094 men, whereof 7,567 were killed. In other theatres, including German South-West Africa, the losses were 415 officers, of whom 145 were killed, and 5,333 men, of whom 1,445 were killed. USE OF ARMOUR SUGGESTED. Several newspapers urge the use of bullet-proof breast-plates. Many in the French array are using such protectors. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in advocating artificial protection, says; “When Ned Kelly walked unarmed before the police rifles in his own hand-made armour, he was an object-lesson to the world. If an outlaw could do it why not a soldier ?”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1430, 29 July 1915, Page 3
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163BRITISH WAR CASUALTIES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1430, 29 July 1915, Page 3
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