I've noticed that the Holy Sword takes about half the HP of my soldiers, even when the text claims that the Holy Sword missed. That doesn't seem like the correct behavior. It makes getting through Dredan territory considerably more complicated.

Hmm I thought I fixed that bug already! OK going to check (maybe it can never miss and the bug is only the texts, need to look at the code, has been a while since made the game).

edit: yes another user reported it here: http://www.winterwolves.net/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2968&p=17712&hilit=holy#p17712

so they're unavoidable, is only a text bug