Dall, my dear chap, battles, any battle, are terrible things to behold and the real truth is, that no battle on earth, including the one going on in Afganistan today as I write, will humanity, women, children, the wounded, ever be 100% respected, however hard soldiers may try and however much people try tell you otherwise.That is a fact.
Even more so when one side has a strict policy governing rules of engagement, and are attempting to keep losses at the utmost minium...and the other, couldnt care less...