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SOOOAALLLLL J view of the report that Gen. Pershing recently claimed that "America won the war," the fol- lowing official figures, published in the Boston Transcript, illustrating the efforts made by the British Em- €€ ' pire and America are interesting: oya Or Between August 4, 1914, and Novem- : ber 11, 1818, more than six million | men passed through the ranks of the epi British army. This comtribution One of the SIX places Britain ir the second place among the Allies "in respect' of the : \ oe' . ) contingent contributed for military Dominion i res service. Pride of place goes to . France, while the third largest con- tribution was made by the United States of America; who sent close to two millions of her sons to fight in | this theatre, } The table below shows the strength of the British army in| France under three heads. Column | A gives the ration strength of the army-----that is, the total number of men (excluding colored labor and risoners of war) who were being fed rom army :stocks in France. This figure includes thousands of men whose dpty was not to fight, but to supply, 'equip, and in other ways as- sist the fighting men. Column B gives the combatant strength, includ ing all fighting troops, namely, cav- alry, machine .gunners, garrison and eyclist battalions, together with the troops in divisional or base depots-- that is, all troops whose functions are in the first place fighting. Column C gives the rifle strength--that is, the officers and men of the infantry battalions alone, | BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, 1918. | oh B. Q Ration Combatant Rifle | strength. strength strength, | Mar. . 1,828,098 1,293,000 $16,000 | April , 1,667,701 1,131,124 528,617 | Sept. . 1,762,829 1,200,181 493,506 | Nov... 1,731,678 1,164,790 461,748 The following are the comparable] figures for the United States drawn up from official sources: . U. 8. ARMY IN FRANCE, 1918, A. * B. C. | Ration Combatant Rifle strength. strength. strength. Mar. . 245,000 123,000 49,000] : " o April , 319,000 214,000 651,000 B Cir Sept. 1,641,000 1,195,000 341,000] Nov. .. 1,924,000 1,160,000 322,000 The captures of prisoners and guns | in France during the victorious ¢f- 9 » ; % ; \ fensive against the German army be- | | tween July 18 and November 11 were as follows: -- | ; y Prisoners. Guns, | : British armies ... 200,000 2,640 | French armies ... 135,720 1,880] - American armies . 43,300 1,421 5 § b Belgian armies ... 14,600 474 | X s In addition, there were 80,000 : 7 : British combatant troops in Ttaly | - . who. co-operated effectively in the | : final defeat of the Austrign army, | capturing 30,000 prisoners. In Pale ; 5 " { estine and Mesopotamia about 400, 000 British troops on an average throughout M18 were fighting, - + the complete defeat and destruction - of the Turkish army was effected by | : . the British alone, and a total of * } 85,000 prisoners taken. : TOTAL OF TROOPS FROM BRITISH | , , EMPIRE {EMPLOYED IN WAR. - British Isles .. . 5.104.418 | Canada ...5%.. 'oe 640,886 | Australia ... | fs #1 Why shouldn't they be good? They have behind them the esos gregtost Rubber System in the Dominion, if not in the Empire. |oinindr lored iee rtd hey are planned to fill every need of the motorists of Canada. 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