But not for the whole army.
I heard Doctor Alexander say just now that the casualties were about 1500, and that out of 27,000 men is a mere nothing to the proportion in many battles.

The French have, I hear, lost rather less." "I thought in a battle," Harry said, "one would see something of the general affair, but I certainly did not.

In fact, from the time when we dashed up the river bank till the capture of the battery, I saw nothing.

I knew there were some of our men by the side of me, and that we were all pushing forward, but beyond that I knew absolutely nothing.

It was something like going through a tremendous thunder shower with one's head down, only a thousand times more so." After parade the men scattered in groups; some went down to the river to fill their canteens, others strolled through the vineyards picking grapes, and in spite of the fact that in many places the dead lay thickly together, a careless laugh was sometimes heard.