1.   B Company had already sustained heavy casualties from the landing and the patrol lost.

2.   According to some reports, both sides sustained heavy casualties.

3.   As almost all observers add, however, public support might quickly dwindle if serious Western casualties were sustained.

4.   Defense Secretary William Cohen also emphasized that U.S. and British forces involved in the operation, dubbed Desert Fox, had sustained no casualties.

5.   Israeli retaliation was inevitable, but the will to sustain such casualties seems to be fading.

6.   It is likely, as well, that U.S. forces will sustain casualties eventually.

7.   The Allies sustained heavy casualties before reaching the far side.

8.   They take up positions, storm the bunkers and take out the enemy while sustaining minimal casualties.

9.   While the Afghans drive out to battle each day in their pickups, they rarely sustain casualties.