§ 5. Mr. KINGasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether any esti- 1496 mate has been made of the total losses of the German army since the outbreak of war; if so, whether any figures can be given without detriment to our military interests; whether he can give the summary of the losses in the German army of dead, wounded, and missing, also of wounded returned to the colours, according to the lists as published officially in Germany; and whether such published losses give a fair view of the wastage of the German fighting force?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the then Under-Secretary of State on 23rd February, 1916, to my hon. Friend the Member for South Bedfordshire. As my hon. Friend knows, we publish the totals of the official German casualty lists about the middle-of each month, and the current list appears in to-day's Press.