: Does it say they had it out man to man? No.
: I think its quite likely that refers to their armies. For
: example at Gettysburg, we would say Lee was clobbered,
: but we would be refering to his army, not the man
: himself.
: Then again, it could go either way. I'm just bringing up
: a new point apparently.
: Seraph
But you don't use the word "survived" when referring to armies. You could say "barely remained intact", but to use the word "survived" usually means you're talking about a person (or a race) rather than an organisation or force (and exen with a race, you'd normally say "barely escaped extinction" rather than "barely survived").
Martel.
