Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900: Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre — John Shaqi
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900: Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small CalibreMakins, George Henry
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Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900: Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
Makins, George Henry
Gunshot wounds; South African War, 1899-1902; Surgery, Military
+---------------------+--------+------+-------+-------+-----+-------------+
| | Number | | | | |Percentage of|
| | of | | | | | killed and |
| | troops |Killed|Wounded|Missing|Total| wounded to |
| | engaged| | | | |number of men|
| | | | | | | engaged |
+---------------------+--------+------+-------+-------+-----+-------------+
|_Belmont:_ | | | | | | |
| Officers | 297 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 26 | 8.75 |
| Non.-com. officers | | | | | | |
| and men | 8,396 | 55 | 206 | 4 | 265 | 3.15 |
| +--------+------+-------+-------+-----+-------------+
| Total | 8,693 | 58 | 229 | 4 | 291 | 3.34 |
| | | | | | | |
|_Graspan:_ | | | | | | |
| Officers | 326 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3.06 |
| Non.-com. officers | | | | | | |
| and men | 8,213 | 18 | 163 | 7 | 188 | 2.29 |
| +--------+------+-------+-------+-----+-------------+
| Total | 8,539 | 21 | 170 | 7 | 198 | 2.31 |
| | | | | | | |
|_Modder River:_ | | | | | | |
| Officers | 335 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 6.56 |
| Non.-com. officers | | | | | | |
| and men | 9,856 | 67 | 377 | 18 | 462 | 4.68 |
| +--------+------+-------+-------+-----+-------------+
| Total | 10,191 | 70 | 396 | 18 | 484 | 4.74 |
| | | | | | | |
|_Magersfontein:_ | | | | | | |
| Officers | 379 | 18 | 48 | 2 | 68 | 17.94 |
| Non.-com. officers | | | | | | |
| and men | 11,068 | 148 | 669 | 101 | 918 | 8.29 |
| +--------+------+-------+-------+-----+-------------+
| Total[1] | 11,447 | 166 | 717 | 103 | 986 | 8.43 |
+---------------------+--------+------+-------+-------+-----+-------------+
Table I. gives the number of men engaged, and also that of the killed
and wounded at each of four battles. Table III. shows for comparison the
relative number of killed and wounded in some former campaigns while
older forms of weapon were in use.
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