On the first day, there were about 60,000 casualties in the British force and 20,000 of those died.

He had not been particularly worried about casualties, as such.

"Everyone is quite concerned about casualties," he said, but the center had little information.

What is the reason for the new sensitivity about possible casualties?

Since 1978, there have been about 55,000 Vietnamese casualties, a third of whom were killed.

We had about twenty casualties from our own immediate district.

We are concerned about civilian casualties and the impact that could have on our own population.

There were about 1,200 casualties, including over 300 dead and 462 seriously injured.

There was no word from the authorities about any American military or civilian casualties.

It was no good making excuses about 'casualties of war'.