MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY OBSERVATIONS MADE BY
THE AUTHOR DURING THE SEVEN MONTHS
RECORDED IN THIS BOOK
The best maps with which to follow and study the war in France, Flanders, and Belgium are those of the French Automobile Club, called “Cartes Routières pour Automobiles,” published by A. Taride, 18 Boulevard Saint-Denis, Paris. The war has been largely fought and directed by the use of these maps, which are on the scale prescribed by the French General Staff—about three and one-half miles to the inch. They show every road and lane, every town and village in France. The war areas are contained in numbers 1, ibis, 2, 3, 6, and 7. Those most referred to in this book are 3 and 7.
CASUALTIES
The total losses of the various belligerents in killed, wounded, and captured for the first six months of the war, from August 1st to February 1st, are as follows:
| British | 140,000 |
| French | 1,450,000 |
| Russians | 2,050,000 |
| Austro-Hungarians | 950,000 |
| Germans | 1,500,000 |
The approximate ratio of deaths to total casualties is as follows:
| German, | 2 deaths to 9 casualties. |
| French, | 2 deaths to 7 casualties. |
(The large proportion of French deaths was due: