It should be remembered that Harris inherited a virtually bankrupt concern, achieving little and suffering appalling casualties.

What Taylor and most other American officials failed to grasp was that the Communists were ready to suffer appalling casualties to achieve their goal.

The battle of the Jarama valley occasioned appalling casualties on both sides.

Despite suffering appalling casualties from machine guns and artillery, the Japanese pressed on and forced a major breach in the American line.

The Brigade suffered appalling casualties and the attack was called off on 29 December.

Employed in this assault were 50 kg (110 lb) fragmentation bombs, which caused appalling casualties to the Polish ground troops.

Torak was taking appalling casualties, but he pressed on firmly.

It fought with great honour and took appalling casualties.

Anti-personnel mines create appalling casualties in many of the poorest parts of the world.

The American people did in fact fight one terrible war, the Civil War, with appalling casualties.