Many soldiers became sick due to conditions, especially from typhoid, dysentery and diarrhoea. The British official historian reported that Empire soldiers were evacuated for illness during the campaign. A total of troops fell sick during the campaign, not counting troops from the Dominions or India; of these, exclusive of those evacuated. The sick were transported from Gallipoli to hospitals in Egypt and Malta as quickly as possible as bases in the area of operations were insufficient. Approximately of men removed as non-battle casualties died, against in France and Flanders. The proportion of disease casualties to battle casualties was considerably higher in the Gallipoli campaign than it was on the campaigns of the Western Front. Cecil Aspinall-Oglander, the British official historian, gave the number of Ottoman troops evacuated sick The largest cause of non-battle admissions to hospital for British troops was dysentery, with infected and another having diarrhoea. Other notable conditions were frostbite with gonorrhea and rheumatic fever French casualties during the campaign amounted to around 47,000 killed, wounded or sick. Of these, 27,169 were specifically killed, wounded or missing with an implied 20,000 who fell sick.