By comparasion, the Soviets would have used about 300,000 troops to do the same job.....
and lost half of them. in retreating.
Scotland's Black Watch isn’t known for having a gentle approach to war. I believe they were the ones who conducted the last bayonet charge – in Iraq:
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders came to bail out a couple ambushed Land Rovers. They fixed bayonets and engaged in a bloody, three hour, hand to hand battle with over 100 of al-Sadr's thugs, storming fortified mortar and firing positions, killing over 20, capturing another 9, and taking no casualties.
As one blogger (Maj. Mike) posted – “There will always be an England, as long as there's Scots to do their fighting for them.”