That has kept the casualty figure down.

The casualty figure could not be independently verified.

There were probably many others unseen, perhaps accounting for the casualty figure of approximately 2,000 published elsewhere.

Finally, they admitted to a casualty figure of 27,000.

The commission, put the casualty figure as low as 26,000 civilian casualties.

Where they did so sharp fighting took place, and nowhere did they get away with prisoners or cause casualties without leaving an equivalent behind them.

The device was described as crude and amateurish but potent enough to cause casualties.

However, depending on factors including the type of ammunition and the target's protection, suppressive fire may cause casualties and/or damage to enemy equipment.

Generally, only the earthquakes in the top 100 km are close enough to settlements to cause casualties.

There were numerous fierce little actions which combined with the intolerable heat to cause casualties.

The medical services are so weak that they would be quite unable to cope with a sustained period of heavy casualties.

Great captains have seldom flinched from accepting heavy casualties; their fitness for command would have been questioned had they done so.

It may mean redeploying troops from areas that have seen fierce fighting and heavy casualties.

They have taken heavy casualties over the past six years.

Civilians fleeing to government-held areas reported heavy casualties.

The real number of casualties will be higher, because researchers only focused on chain stores in the 500 biggest town centres.

He also reported an unclear number of casualties among the militia.

Many more bears were struggling in the water beyond reach of the diminishing ice, and the true number of casualties cannot be known.

The course doctors on the third day could not cope, and were visibly shocked by the number of casualties they were dealing with.

Even though such an extraordinary number of casualties might be an exaggeration, the hail destroyed much of the army's supplies.