Taking perhaps the two most famous battles of the Napoleonic wars (involving the British) Trafalgar and Waterloo, we can see that the chance of being killed or wounded in a naval engagement was less than half that of a soldier involved in a set piece battle.
Mhlawumbi xa unokuthatha ezona mfazwe zinkulu zimbini ezaziwayo zikaNapoliyoni (Ezi quka iBritane) i-Trafalgar kunye ne-Waterloo, singabona ukuba ithuba lokuba ubulawe okanye ingxwelerheke ekuzibandakanyeni kumkhosi wamanzi lalilincinci kunelamajoni abandakanyeka kwiimfazwe zoxolo.