THE BRITISH ARMY 1916 275,000 5,000,000 OVERSEAS ARMY CANADA AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND SOUTH AFRICA NEWFOUNDLAND INDIA CROWN COLONIES J\ HAVE GIVEN OVER 1,000,000 MEN THEBRITISH EMPIRE-ATWAR THE MEN OF THE EMPIRE; THEIR HOMES AND THEIR BATTLEFIELDS. During the last two years the British Army has been increased eighteenfold and the British Navy two-and-a-half fold ; British industry has been placed upon a war-footing, and the output of munitions has been increased more than thirty thousand per cent. ; the finances of the Empire have been mobilised, and the Imperial Government has sustained the money-power of the Grand Alliance by loans to her Allies and the Dominions aggregating £450,000,000 ; while the British Navy has kept open the seas for the transport of money, material, munitions, and men from every quarter of the globe. FIJI/ Stanfordk Geogt'£stabl, London. THE BRITISH NAVY 1916 350,000 1914 146,000 THE INDUSTRIAL ARMY Although about 3,000,000 men have been drained from industry by military requirements, there are now more than 3,500,000 workers engaged in war industries, of whom some 666,000 are women. THE WAR OF MUNITIONS. Great Britain is now manufacturing and issuing every week to her Armies on the Western Front an amount of Ammunition equal to the total stock available for her Entire Land Service at the outbreak of War. APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF TERRITORY OCCUPIED BY THE CENTRAL POWERS ON AUGUST 2nd, 1916. In BELGIUM „ FRANCE -„ RUSSIA -„ SERBIA -,, MONTENEGRO Sq. Mis, 11,100 8,300 106,200 33,900 5,600 Total 165,100 APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF TERRITORY OCCUPIED BY THE ALLIES ON AUGUST 2nd, 1916. Sq. Mls. In ALSACE - 300 „ GALICIA- - 5,800 „ BUKOWINA - - 3,800 „ AUSTRIA- 500 „ TURKEY - - 48,800 „ S.W. AFRICA - - 322,450 „ EAST AFRICA - 211,500 „ CAMEROONS- - 191,000 „ TOGOLAND - - 33,700 „ PACIFIC ¦ - 96,160 „ KIAO-CHAU - 200 Total 914,210 (N.B.These figures accurately represent the territorial situation on the second anniversary of the declaration of War, but since the initiation of the great Allied offensive, the balance has been shifting so rapidly in favour of the Allies that they must be taken as subject to constant modification.) Roberts & Leete, Ltd.
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THE BRITISH ARMY 1916 275,000 5,000,000 OVERSEAS ARMY CANADA AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND SOUTH AFRICA NEWFOUNDLAND INDIA CROWN COLONIES J\ HAVE GIVEN OVER 1,000,000 MEN THEBRITISH EMPIRE-ATWAR THE MEN OF THE EMPIRE; THEIR HOMES AND THEIR BATTLEFIELDS. During the last two years the British Army has been increased eighteenfold and the British Navy two-and-a-half fold ; British industry has been placed upon a war-footing, and the output of munitions has been increased more than thirty thousand per cent. ; the finances of the Empire have been mobilised, and the Imperial Government has sustained the money-power of the Grand Alliance by loans to her Allies and the Dominions aggregating £450,000,000 ; while the British Navy has kept open the seas for the transport of money, material, munitions, and men from every quarter of the globe. FIJI/ Stanfordk Geogt'£stabl, London. THE BRITISH NAVY 1916 350,000 1914 146,000 THE INDUSTRIAL ARMY Although about 3,000,000 men have been drained from industry by military requirements, there are now more than 3,500,000 workers engaged in war industries, of whom some 666,000 are women. THE WAR OF MUNITIONS. Great Britain is now manufacturing and issuing every week to her Armies on the Western Front an amount of Ammunition equal to the total stock available for her Entire Land Service at the outbreak of War. APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF TERRITORY OCCUPIED BY THE CENTRAL POWERS ON AUGUST 2nd, 1916. In BELGIUM „ FRANCE -„ RUSSIA -„ SERBIA -,, MONTENEGRO Sq. Mis, 11,100 8,300 106,200 33,900 5,600 Total 165,100 APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF TERRITORY OCCUPIED BY THE ALLIES ON AUGUST 2nd, 1916. Sq. Mls. In ALSACE - 300 „ GALICIA- - 5,800 „ BUKOWINA - - 3,800 „ AUSTRIA- 500 „ TURKEY - - 48,800 „ S.W. AFRICA - - 322,450 „ EAST AFRICA - 211,500 „ CAMEROONS- - 191,000 „ TOGOLAND - - 33,700 „ PACIFIC ¦ - 96,160 „ KIAO-CHAU - 200 Total 914,210 (N.B.These figures accurately represent the territorial situation on the second anniversary of the declaration of War, but since the initiation of the great Allied offensive, the balance has been shifting so rapidly in favour of the Allies that they must be taken as subject to constant modification.) Roberts & Leete, Ltd.
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