The Imperial Army is pushed back, and Ikta is forced to use every trick at his disposal to keep his numerically inferior force from being overwhelmed.  The Alderamin army has 12,000 troops, and his unit has only a little over 600.  When he's forced to make a tough call to sacrifice his own men and save the Sinack, Suya confronts him angrily.  She wants to know why he was willing to sacrifice his own men for the people he was fighting yesterday, and she says he owes her an answer.
the rear guard unit's numbers 
had fallen to below 600.
أعداد وحدة الحرس الخلفيّ قد نقصت إلى ما دون الـ600
verblieben der Nachhut nur noch 600 Mann.
la unidad de retaguardia
quedó con menos de 600 soldados.
la unidad de retaguardia
quedó con menos de 600 soldados.
l'unità di retroguardia si è trovata 
con meno di 600 uomini.
o número de soldados da 
retaguarda caiu para menos de 600.
от арьергарда осталось 
меньше шестиста человек.