Birth of the Empires

http://birth-of-the-empires.de/wiki/ind ... Berechnung
Combat calculations

Choices during combat
Attack

Retreat
http://birth-of-the-empires.de/wiki/ind ... le=Rückzug
Hail
http://birth-of-the-empires.de/wiki/ind ... fskampf.29
Avoid
http://birth-of-the-empires.de/wiki/ind ... tle=Meiden

As a military commander, you will lose soldiers, so you have to decide what is an acceptable realistic number. It's pragmatism and ugly, but no one enters a battle and comes out unscathed. Only fools think that and fools get soldiers killed. Bring more than you need.