He said: "It is a great mistake to waste men in taking a town when the same expenditure of soldiers will gain a province."

Why would he waste men like that when he needs them for his attack on Andros?

And yet he doesn't waste men nor seek battles.

A pity to waste such fighting men as the Duke's, he thought.

They have wasted good men in their folly, and the prince is in no humour to listen to them.

Almost before we knew it we were wasting time and men in a battle for the underground passage.

Only a desperate old savage like Baber Ali would waste time and men trying to take it.

Do not follow, we cannot afford to waste men uselessly.

Tell him not to waste trained men by ordering out to get me handicapped by silly instructions like that.

He doubted if Kloret wasted any time or men trailing him now.