An extreme case are the twelve Battles of the Isonzo — First to Twelfth — between Italy and Austria-Hungary during the First World War.

Battles which took place were mainly between clans, expelling intruder armies or sacking expeditions.

Battles arose through clashes between besiegers and relieving armies, but the principle was a slow grinding victory by the greater economic power.

* April 19 – American Revolution: Hostility between Britain and its American colonies explodes into bloodshed at the Battles of Lexington and Concord on the 19th, which ignites the American Revolution.

Matters of dispute by the participants and writers and historians since the war have included the wisdom of pursuing an offensive strategy in the wake of the failed Nivelle Offensive, rather than waiting for the arrrival of the American armies in France, the choice to attack in Flanders over areas further south or the Italian front, the climate and weather in Flanders, Haig's selection of General Hubert Gough and the Fifth Army to conduct the offensive, debates over the nature of the opening attack between advocates of shallow and deeper objectives, the passage of time between the Battle of Messines and the opening attack of the Battles of Ypres, the extent to which the internal troubles of the French armies motivated British persistence in the offensive, the effect of mud on operations and the decision to continue the offensive in October, once the weather had broken and the human cost of the campaign on the soldiers of the German and British armies.

Category: Battles between England and Scotland

There were two Battles of Dunbar between England and Scotland, both being English victories.

For example, several of the battles that Edward Shepherd Creasy listed in his famous 1851 book The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World rate hardly a mention here, and the confrontation between Muslims and Christians at Poitiers-Tours in 732, once considered a watershed event, has been downgraded to a raid in force.

Category: Battles between England and Scotland

Battles between the two sides continued even as the peace negotiation was in progress, until the agreement was reached in January 1946.

* He has combined the two Battles of Philippi although there was a 20 day interval between them.

Category: Battles between England and Scotland

During World War I, the whole area was the theatre of the Battles of the Isonzo, fought between Italy and Austria-Hungary.

Battles between Lapiths and Centaurs were depicted in the sculptured friezes on the Parthenon, recalling Athenian Theseus ' treaty of mutual admiration with Pirithous the Lapith, leader of the Magnetes, and on Zeus ' temple at Olympia ( Pausanias, v. 10. 8 ).

Leicester's own standing militia fought along with other minutemen at the first conflict between Massachusetts residents and British troops, the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.

Battles raged between the Welsh and Normans and in 1171 Iorwerth ab Owain and his two sons destroyed the town of Caerleon and burned the Castle.

Category: Battles between England and Scotland

It was during this period that he dedicated a series of works to the history of Alexander The Great ( The Battles of Alexander The Great ), and he did not miss the opportunity to make a stronger connection between the magnificence of Alexander and that of the great King.

Battles between loyalist and patriot militias in the South were often brutal, and atrocities occurred, as in the experience of young Andrew Jackson.

Category: Battles between England and Scotland

Painting from 1294. Battles ensued between the armies of Kublai and those of his brother Ariqboke, which included forces still loyal to Mongke's previous administration.

Battles between the Christians and Muslim forces then continued until the 11th century, whenAfonso Henriques partially reconquered the territory.

Even though New York City merchants lost out on lucrative military contracts, the group sought common ground between the King and the people ; however, compromise became impossible as of the April 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord.

Battles between the allied forces of Chief Dingiswayo and of Chief Zwide, and the Ndwandwe probably mark the start of what became the Mfecane.

In the two Battles of Villmergen in 1656 and 1712 the Freie Ämter became the staging ground for the warring Reformed and Catholic armies.

Through constant pressure by both infantry and cavalry, two Ottoman armies in the Judean Hills, were kept off-balance and virtually encircled during the Battles of Sharon and Nablus which have become known as the Battle of Megiddo.

His further retreat was checked by the German right wing in two blundering battles on August 16 and 18, respectively ( the Battles of Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte ), and he then took refuge behind the defenses of Metz until forced by starvation to surrender on October 29.

Russian resistance soon stiffened and on 26 December the two armies clashed at the Battles of Pułtusk and Gołymin.

Christie starred in two other films released in 1965, first appearing as Daisy Battles in Young Cassidy, a biopic of Irish playwright Seán O ' Casey, co-directed by Jack Cardiff and ( uncredited ) John Ford.

The two Battles of Cape Finisterre had proved a vindication of the Western Squadron strategy.

In the year of the four emperors ( 69 ), XIII Gemina supported first Otho and then Vespasian against Vitellius, fighting in the two Battles of Bedriacum.

There were two Battles of the Marne, taking place near the Marne River in Marne, France during World War I:

It was the site of two Battles of Tanagra, in 457 BC and 426 BC.

This action had two aims: to give the British Expeditionary Force some air-striking power, and to allow the Battles to operate against German targets-they lacked the range to do so from British airfields.

There were two Battles of Breitenfeld during the Thirty Years ' War:

In 1986 Krause made two solo albums: Supply and Demand: Songs by Brecht / Weill and Eisler and Tank Battles: The Songs of Hanns Eisler.

There were two Battles of Tanagra of importance in ancient Greek history.

Alongside recording his own material, Hebden has also performed remixes for a number of artists including Aphex Twin, Anti-Pop Consortium, Bonobo, Beth Orton, Born Ruffians, Explosions in the Sky, Super Furry Animals, Radiohead, Manic Street Preachers, Matthew Dear, Sia, Nathan Fake, Bloc Party, Andrew Bird, Kings of Convenience, Battles, Juana Molina, Madvillain, The xx, Foals, and Black Sabbath, as well as producing two albums by psychedelic improvisational group Sunburned Hand of the Man.

There have been two naval Battles of Lissa fought in the Adriatic Sea near the island of Lissa.

The Brazilian Navy served in both World War I and World War II, engaging in anti-submarine warfare in the two Battles of the Atlantic.

However, after the Battles of Wizna and Mława the German XIX Panzer Corps under General Heinz Guderian broke through Polish lines and sped southward with the aim of flanking Warsaw from the East and cutting Poland in two.

At the two Battles of Kizugawaguchi, Nobunaga defeated his enemies, the Mōri clan, who had naval control over the area.

Among them, two alumni have been inducted into the National Football League Hall of Fame-Earl " Greasy " Neale ' 15 of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1969 and Cliff Battles ' 33 of the Washington Redskins in 1968.

The Turks suffered two decisive defeats at Khotyn in the 17th century, at the hands of the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: in 1621 by Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, and again in 1673 by Jan III Sobieski ( see: Battles below ).