Not seen anyone mention the new column 'Men Taken' from the battle reports in the demo next to men killed.

Anyone know what this is about and what difference is between killing and taking the enemy?

...awaiting the joke responses....

I would guess men taken is prisoners that could be ransomed back to enemy.

So what determines if you capture or kill the enemy?
From my tests so far it looks like if a unit is routing then you capture rather than kill. In 96mgb's test battle my Knights chased down about 160 fleeing archers amongst others and ended the battle with only 70 kills but 170 men taken.
So this seems to be the case.

Anyone got any thoughts?

Darkmoor do you have the answers?