Saturday, January 12, 2013

Bulgaria's Dead 21,302.

New York Times 100 years ago today, January 12, 1913:
More Than 51,000 Wounded, Says Report to St. Petersburg.
    ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 11.— The official list of casualties in the Bulgarian Army since the beginning of the war with Turkey shows that 284 officers and 21,018 men have been killed or have succumbed from their wounds or disease, according to a special dispatch from Sofia to the Novae Vreznya.
    Besides this, 876 officers and 51,000 men were wounded or put on the sick list. Of these, 70 per cent. have since recovered and rejoined the army.
    The Bulgarian Government has asked for the services of seventy Russian and Czech physicians to combat the infectious diseases which have appeared in various regions. The native Bulgarian physicians are all absent, serving with the army in the field.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.