I've had to delete the original post and re-publish with comments disabled owing to abuse. Over in facebook I have a team of moderators keeping my 11.4k group neat and tidy but over here on Substack it is just me! I have time for data prep and analysis or for admin but not for both.
Let's agree this is very sloppy reportage. But the numbers are rather horrid.
Personally I don't trust the figures any further than I could throw a horse.
Speaking of horses... and men, and statistics: you cannot hide a dead soldier..
Let us therefore consider the Charge of the Light Brigade, in the Crimea, which is still hotly debated.
"The brigade was not completely destroyed, but did suffer terribly, with 118 men killed, 127 wounded, and about 60 taken prisoner. After regrouping, only 195 men were still with horses. The futility of the action and its reckless bravery prompted the French Marshal Pierre Bosquet to state: "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre."
I've had to delete the original post and re-publish with comments disabled owing to abuse. Over in facebook I have a team of moderators keeping my 11.4k group neat and tidy but over here on Substack it is just me! I have time for data prep and analysis or for admin but not for both.
The source data is registration date rather than DoD, right?
Just double-checked all source files and they are by registration or notification date.
Let's agree this is very sloppy reportage. But the numbers are rather horrid.
Personally I don't trust the figures any further than I could throw a horse.
Speaking of horses... and men, and statistics: you cannot hide a dead soldier..
Let us therefore consider the Charge of the Light Brigade, in the Crimea, which is still hotly debated.
"The brigade was not completely destroyed, but did suffer terribly, with 118 men killed, 127 wounded, and about 60 taken prisoner. After regrouping, only 195 men were still with horses. The futility of the action and its reckless bravery prompted the French Marshal Pierre Bosquet to state: "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre."