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#3 Statistical information: Number of troops, tonnes/rounds of munitions, deaths, wounded |
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.:.:.Troops / Deaths / Wounded.:.:. *The massive loss in the battle is unbelievable, in the end there were 800 000 men who died* *There were 770 soldiers from the Newfoundland Regiment, most of them were in their early 20's* *Newfoundland hit hard for their soldiers, the numbers being...* - 233 men killed - - 386 men wounded - - and 91 men were lost and/or missing - *For the British soldiers, there were 57 500 troops that died, were wounded, or missing* *The total loss for the British Imperial side was 419 654 men* * The German casualties were somewhere between 450 000 and 680 000* *Canada lost over 60 000 soldiers being men and womem in World War I* *Another 173 000 soldiers were wounded and gassed* |
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.:.:.Tonnes/rounds of munitions.:.:. *Shells were used in the guns that they shot their enemies with* *Tanks were used to drive across the fields and along the river* |
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