Sentence examples for light casualty from inspiring English sources

The light casualty count was partially credited to effective use of fortifications and North Korean caution in advancing during the fight, but the fact that 24th Infantry troops were quick to withdraw was also blamed.

Those who expected light casualties expected the enemy to collapse.

It seemed likely that Mr. Jiang's comments were based on early reports of light casualties.

His fire forced the enemy to scatter while the patrol dismounted and took cover with light casualties.

But Saddam Hussein's ouster could also be relatively smooth and quick, with light casualties and minimal damage.

On December 9 the Italian garrisons at Nibeiwa, Tummar West, and Tummar East were taken, and thousands of prisoners were captured, whereas the attackers suffered very light casualties.

With only light casualties, Farragut and the Navy had won a stunning victory that put the Union one step closer to securing the entire Mississippi River and cutting the Confederacy in two.

Yet the seductive idea that air power can provide swift victory with light casualties has been around almost as long as the aeroplane itself.The belief that a few bombs could spare all the bloody butcher's bill of infantry fighting proved especially appealing to many of the military men and politicians who had witnessed the horrors of the trenches in the first world war.

In the 1980s he led the "Anfal" campaign against the Kurds of Iraq, razing hundreds of villages and killing at least 100,000.America suffered light casualties in the assault on Baghdad but the toll of dead and injured among Iraqi civilians and fighters was said to number in the thousands.

The reorganised attack was successfully executed on the evening of 28 November with light casualties.

The British in exchange took only light casualties and little damage to their vessels.