Reminds me of that one story during the Korean war when a British unit was being completely overrun by an entire division; which when asked for a status report,

Reminds me of that one story during the Korean war when a British unit was being completely overrun by an entire division; which when asked for a status report, the general in charge of it said that things were just "a bit sticky." Apparently this caused enough of a miscommunication between American forces that it led to them having to hold out longer before finally being evacuated