Note 166 — Chapter VII · 1854-1856. THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA.
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Between November, 1854, and February, 1855, there were 9000 deaths in hospital: at the end of February there were no less than 13,600 officers and men in hospital: and though during that month large drafts raised our strength on paper to 44,000, only 18,000 were “present and fit for duty.”