British army in time of peace, 3,058 England and Wales, English Life-Table, 1,853 According to tables of Amicable and Equitable Life-Insurance Companies, 1,972 New England and New York, according to the tables of the New-England Mutual Life-Insurance Company, 1,721 DANGERS IN LAND-BATTLES. This large amount of disease and mortality in the army arises not from the battle-field, but belongs to the camp, the tent, the barrack, the cantonment; and it is as certain, though not so great, in time of peace, when no harm is inflicted by the instruments of destruction, as in time of war. The battle, which is the world's terror, is comparatively harmless. 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 ------------------------ -------------------- ------ ---- ---- 1801, March 21, . . . . . Alexandria . . . . . 14,000 243 17.3 1806, July 4, . . . . . . Maida . . . . . . . 5,675 45 7.9 1808, August 21, . . . . Vimiciro . . . . . . 19,200 135 7. 1809, January 16, . . . . Corunna . . . . . . 16,700 158 9.4 " July 28, . . . . . Talavera . . . . . . 22,100 801 3.6 1810, September . . . . . Busaco . . . . . . . 27,800 106 3.9 1811, March 5, . . . . . Barrosa . . . . . . 5,230 202 38.6 " May 5, . . . . . . Fuentes de Onore . . 22,900 170 7.4 " " 16, . . . . . . Albuera . . . . . . 9,000 882 98. 1812, July 22, . . . . . Salamanca . . . . . 30,500 388 12.7 1813, June 21, . . . . . Vittoria . . . . . . 42,000 501 11.9 " July 25 to August 2 Pyrenees . . . . . . 30,000 559 18.6 " November 10, . . . Nivelle . . . . . . 47,600 277 5.7 1814, February 27, . . . Orthés . . . . . . . 27,000 210 7.7 " April 10, . . . . . Toulouse . . . . . . 26,800 312 11.6 1815, January 8, . . . .