desertions Definition

abandonment, defection, forsaking, defections, drop-outs, dropouts, were, increased, became, prevent, occurred, began, suffered, continued, reduced, caused, led, weakened, plagued, increasing, reported, depleted, encouraged, encourage, stop, resulted, rose, multiplied, thinned, becoming, mounted, repeated, encouraging, faced, averaged, soared, preventing, discourage, causing, suffering, losing, prevented, many, wholesale, more, numerous, frequent, further, massive, widespread, constant, mass, fewer, daily, confederate, hessian, sudden, periodic, number, army, deaths, ranks, casualties, mutinies, rate, separations, wave, forces, soldiers, troops, divorces, reports, surrenders, side, numbers, disease, sickness, losses, enemy, cause, result, camp, trickle, party, reason, resignations, stream, discharges, spite, officers, mutiny, fear, epidemic, armies, rash, news, causes, diet, regiments, defeats,