Captain Marr was just as dead as someone killed at Gettysburg. It might have been a "Minor Skirmish" for everyone who walked away, but it was a "Major Battle" for him. And whether it is "officially classified" as "Major" or "Minor" from personal experience that no matter what the numbers that are involved, if only one person is shooting at you, then it is "Combat". Statistically more "combat patrol" occur than "major battles".