real time battle updates?

[flumen]

is it possible to tell what is happening in a battle in real time?  i.e. losses, successes, etc.?  Or is it only possible to see what happened after the battle is over?

[isolde]

The way I understand it, the "real battle" occurs in a second or so when your army reaches the enemy and the IO battle engine calculates the battle.  It is impossible to "tell" what exactly is happening, you get the result of the battle in a battle report which shows you how your troops fought in different parts of the battle - field battle, fortress siege and battle against garnison.