Battle (redirected from battled it out)

Battle, town, East Sussex, SE England. The town grew up on the site (then a moorland) of the battle of Hastings (1066). The victorious William the Conqueror built

Battle Abbey to commemorate the event. The abbey has been converted into a girls' school, but ruins can be seen.

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Battle

See also War.

Actium

Octavian’s naval defeat of Antony and Cleopatra (31 B.C.). [Rom. Hist.: NCE, 15]

Agincourt

longbow helps British defeat French (1415). [Br. Lit.: Henry V; Br. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 5]

Alamo

fort at San Antonio that was site of Mexican massacre of Texans (1836). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 8]

Antietam

indecisive battle of the Civil War (1862). [Am. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 15]

Arbela

Alexander’s rout of Darius (331 B.C.). [Classical Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 17]

Armageddon

final battle between forces of good and evil. [N.T.: Revelation 16:16]

Austerlitz

Napoleon’s brilliant success over Austro-Russian coalition (1805). [Fr. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 23–24]

Balaclava

fought between Russians and British during Crimean War (1854). [Russ. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 25–26]

Battle of the Bulge

unsuccessful attempt by Germans to push Allies back from German territory (1944–1945). [Ger. Hist.: EB, II: 360–361]

Belleau Wood

locale of significant American triumph in WWI (1918). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 47]

Bhagavad-Gita

Sanskrit epic relates the great fratricidal battle between two noble families. [Hindu Lit.: Bhagavad-Gita in Benét, 103]

Bull Run

site of two important battles of the Civil War (1861) (1862). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 68]

Bunker Hill

“Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes”; American Revolutionary battle (1775). [Am. Hist.: Worth, 22]

Cannae

perhaps Hannibal’s greatest victory (216 B.C.). [Rom. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 48]

Coral Sea

first naval engagement exclusively involving planes versus ships (1942). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 488]

Crécy

English over French; preeminence of longbow established (1346). [Fr. Hist.: Bishop, 382–385]

Fort Sumter

site of opening blow of Civil War (1861). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 486–487]

Gettysburg

site of Pyrrhic victory for North in Civil War (1863). [Am. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 97]

Guadalcanal

Marines triumphed in first major U.S. offensive of WWII (1942–1943). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 490]

Hastings

battle that determined the Norman Conquest of England (1066). [Br. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 107]

Iwo Jima

inspiring American triumph in the Pacific (1945). [Am. Hist.: Leonard, 472–480]

Jutland

established British WWI naval supremacy (1916). [Br. Hist.: EB, 19: 954–955]

Lexington

opening engagement of the American Revolution (1775). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 283]

Lindisfarne

object of first major Viking raid in Britain (792). [Br. Hist.: Grun, 86]

Lucknow

Indian mutiny put down by British (1858). [Ind. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 143]

Marathon

plain near Athens where Greeks defeated Persians in 490 B.C. [Gk. Hist.: Benét, 633]

Midway

site of decisive battle between Japanese and Americans in WWII (1942). [Am. Hist.: EB, VI: 877–878]

Mount Badon

here Arthur soundly defeated the Saxons (c. 520). [Arthurian Legend: Benét, 72]

New Orléans

end of War of 1812; fought after treaty had been signed (1815). [Am. Hist.: Worth, 22]

Normandy Invasion

Allied invasion of Europe during WWII; D-Day (June 6, 1944). [Eur. Hist.: EB, VII: 391]

Okinawa

scene of American amphibian operations during WWII (1945). [Am. Hist.: EB, VII: 505]

Orléans

Joan of Arc’s inspired triumph over English (1429). [Fr. Hist.: Bishop, 392]

Pearl Harbor

site of Japanese surprise attack (December 7, 1941). [Am. Hist.: EB, VII: 822]

Plains of Abraham

English victory decided last of French and Indian wars (1759). [Br. Hist.: NCE, 7]

Ravenna

site of battle between Byzantines and an Italian force under Pope Gregory II. Byzantines were routed (729). [Gk. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 207]

Salamis

Xerxes’ horde repulsed by numerically inferior Greek navy (480 B.C.). [Class. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 219]

Samarkand

Arabs defeated Chinese (751); adopted some of Chinese technology and culture. [Chinese Hist.: Grun, 78]

Saratoga

(Stillwater) fought between Americans and British during Revolution (1777). [Am. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 237–238]

Sedan

decisive battle of the Franco-German War (1870). [Fr. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 225]

Stalingrad

unsuccessful German assault on Stalingrad, Russia (1942–1943). [Ger. Hist.: EB, IX: 517]

Thermopylae

300 Spartans hold off Xerxes’ horde (480 B.C.). [Classical Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 248]

Trafalgar

defeat of French and Spanish; zenith of British naval history (1805). [Br. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 252–253]

Trenton

Washington’s brilliant surprise attack galvanized American morale (1776). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 508]

Valmy

battle fought between French and Prussians (1792). [Eur. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 259]

Verdun

site of numerous battles. [Fr. Hist.: EB, X: 395]

Vicksburg

city held by Confederates; besieged several times (1862, 1863). [Am. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 261–262]

Waterloo

site of Napoleon’s defeat (1815). [Fr. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 266]

Yorktown

site of American victory over British, ending Revolutionary War (1781). [Am. Hist.: Harbottle Battles, 271]