§ Sir R. NEWMANasked the Secretary of State for War the number of men serving during the recent War who were made prisoners by the Turks; what percentage of these men have been reported dead or missing; and how that percentage compares with the men who were made prisoners of war by other enemy countries?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe numbers of Regular and Territorial Forces, Colonials, Royal Naval Division, and Indian natives, exclusive of officers, captured by the enemy, and the percentages of deaths are as follow:—
Total number of men captured. Percentage reported dead or still unaccounted for. Turkey: 15,720 38.4 per cent. Germany: 168,718 8.4 per cent. Austria: 250 5.2 per cent. Bulgaria: 1,238 10.01 per cent.