On the morning of the 27th the crossing was effected with but little loss, the enemy losing thirty or forty, taken prisoners.
They were the only survivors of the garrison--the remainder being all killed or taken prisoners.
The remainder of our small party in the craters must have been killed or taken prisoners.
Shortly after this we decided to retire, as we had no means of putting up any resistance, and rather than be taken prisoners decided to get back and give information and ask for a counter-attack.
Have you seen what is happening with the Russian soldiers, taken prisoners?
Almost the entire infantry were killed or taken prisoners.
Five thousand Imperialists, who had collected together after the defeat, and whom he met on his march, were either cut in pieces or taken prisoners, of whom again the greater part entered into his service.
Seven thousand of the enemy were killed in the field, and more than 5,000 either wounded or taken prisoners.
Six pieces of cannon were captured and 2000 men killed or taken prisoners.
Fifty were killed in Arnold's column, 400 taken prisoners, and the rest retreated in extreme disorder.
Three hundred of the Americans were killed or wounded and 100 taken prisoners.
The Dervish loss must have been much heavier, quite four-fifths of the garrison being either killed or taken prisoners.
No guides were available, but two Egyptian officers, taken prisoners at Abbassieh, were made to show the way, orderlies being told off to shoot them at once in case of treachery.
Upward of two thousand were either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners, and the two pieces of ordnance were brought off as trophies of the victory.
Several were claimed by their owners; others were known to have belonged to noble cavaliers who had been slain or taken prisoners.
If we have the bad luck to be taken prisoners I shall be very hungry, and begin eating the sandwich and the pass.
For the sake of getting us taken prisoners or shot?
If they had taken us for human beings we should have been either shot or taken prisoners.
Austrians were killed upon the spot, and Hatzfeldt himself, with 3,000 men, taken prisoners.
He was followed in his retreat by Sir Arthur Wellesley, and on the 16th of May he was overtaken at Salmonde, and a great many of his rearguard were either killed or taken prisoners.
Before the garrison could put Stoney-point in any defensive order, he dispatched General Wayne to fall upon it by night, and the troops left there by Clinton were all either killed or taken prisoners.
No battle was ever more fatal to France, by the number of princes and nobility slain or taken prisoners.
The czar has declared that he will exchange no foreign officers who may be taken prisoners.
These were attacked by the Russians before they could recover from their confusion, and were almost entirely destroyed or taken prisoners.
The buccaneers followed with an impetuous charge which broke the ranks of the defenders of the town, who, after a two hours’ combat, were completely routed, the most of them being killed or taken prisoners.
Four thousand Moors had been slain in the brief assault, and perhaps twice that number were taken prisoners.
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