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

The Age of Battles: The Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo.

Following the First World War, the British Battles Nomenclature Committee was formed to decide on standard names for all battles and subsidiary actions.

Battles also affect the commitment of one side or the other to the continuance of a war, for example the Battle of Incheon and the Battle of Hue during the Tet Offensive.

* Rhea, Gordon C. The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7 – 12, 1864, Louisiana State University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-8071-2136-3.

On June 16, 2012 a historic world premiere of " Mixed Team ( couples ) ski jumping event for men and women " ( also called Battles of Genders or Duels of Genders ) was held at Mostec in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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.

The plan for a year of steady attrition on the Western Front, with the main effort in the summer being made by the British Expeditionary Force, was scrapped by Nivelle and the French government for a decisive battle, to be conducted in February by the French army, with the British army's contribution becoming a preliminary operation, the Battles of Arras.

Map of the Battles for Chattanooga, 1863

Subsequently at the invitation of E. Nelson Bridwell, Beck submitted a script for a new story " Captain Marvel Battles Evil Incarnate.

Battles typically lasted for months and lead to casualties measured in the hundreds of thousands for attacker and defender alike, such as the Battle of the Somme, where 20, 000 men died on the first day.

Recently, the castle was also prominently featured as the temporary stadium for the Iron Chef French Battles, of the original Japanese Iron Chef television show.

Filming for parts of several Civil War films also took place in Lexington, including the documentary " Lee Beyond the Battles " and Gods and Generals.

On November 23, 1863, the Battles for Chattanooga began when Union forces led by future United States President and Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant reinforced troops at Chattanooga and advanced to Orchard Knob against Confederate troops besieging the city.

* Battles of Arras, for a list of battles so named.

It is best known as the location that British General John Burgoyne surrendered to American General Horatio Gates at the end of the Battles of Saratoga on October 17, 1777, often cited as the turning point for the United States during the American Revolutionary War.

In World War I, Liege ’ s strong line of reinforced concrete military forts halted the German ’ s conquest of Belgium for a few days, giving time to the King and the rest of the Army to dig their trenches in Flanders and line up for the Flanders Field Battles.

Battles inside the party produced the Campaign for Democratic Socialism to defend the Gaitskellite position in the early 1960s.

The Age of Battles: The Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo.

The Dagor Dagorath ( Sindarin for Battle of Battles ) is a fictional battle described in the legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien.

This prompted a lawsuit resulting in a settlement where Enya was given credit and royalties for her sample .< ref > Battles, Jan. " Rap takes Enya's 12 notes up chart ", Sunday Times 03 / 28 / 2004.

In Europe, the pedigree of Niall Noígíallach would be contender for the longest, through Conn of the Hundred Battles ( fl.

His strategic victories over larger Anglo-French fleets at the Battles of Solebay ( 1672 ), the double Schooneveld ( 1673 ) and Texel ( 1673 ) warded off invasion.

Battles of particular interest or significance are too numerous to list here, but suffice it to say that this period saw a myriad of strategic and tactical developments, and some of the longest sieges and largest battles in the history of the pre-modern world.

Games set in this universe include the tactical board wargames Star Fleet Battles, Federation Commander, Star Fleet Marines, Star Fleet Armada ( a Star Fleet Universe adaptation of Majestic 12 Games ' Starmada engine ), and A Call to Arms: Star Fleet ( a version of Mongoose Publishing's A Call to Arms game engine adapted to the SFU ); the strategic wargame Federation and Empire ; the card game Star Fleet Battle Force ; and the role-playing game Prime Directive in editions for the GURPS, D20 and D20 Modern game systems.

There have been several Battles of Antioch fought in or near the Syrian city of Antioch due to its strategic location on the Orontes River:

The Omega Octant runs from the Void in the Omega Sector through the Psi, Chi and Phi Sectors ( though Phi is mostly off the detailed Omega map, as Delta is in the Alpha Octant ), and is detailed in a series of Star Fleet Battles modules ( and a playtest pack for Federation Commander ).

Battles will have specific winning conditions, such as defeating all the enemies on the map, that the player must accomplish before the next map will become available.

Battles are engaged by contact with the enemy on a map.

Also Mc Battles are having a large amount of popularity.

Battles generally are well defined in duration, area and force commitment.

Battles are, on the whole, made up of a multitude of individual combats, skirmishes and small engagements within the context of which the combatants will usually only experience a small part of the events of the battle's entirety.

Battles are decided by various factors.

Battles frequently do not fit one particular type perfectly, and are usually hybrids of different types listed above.

Battles are usually named after some feature of the battlefield geography, such as the name of a town, forest or river, commonly prefixed " Battle of ...".

When a battleground is the site of more than one battle in the same conflict, the instances are distinguished by ordinal number, such as the First and Second Battles of Bull Run.

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

In Estarreja in the Central region of Portugal, the town's first references to Carnival are noted in the 14th century, with " Flower Battles ", or richly decorated floats which paraded through Estarreja's streets.

Within the front entrance to the City hall, there are several memorial placards related to the WW1 Battles and in particular, one has the inscription ' MONS WAS RECAPTURED BY THE CANADIAN CORPS ON THE 11th NOVEMBER 1918: AFTER FIFTY MONTHS OF GERMAN OCCUPATION, FREEDOM WAS RESTORED TO THE CITY: HERE WAS FIRED THE LAST SHOT OF THE GREAT WAR '.

An earlier text, Baile Chuinn Cétchathaigh ( The Ecstatic Vision of Conn of the Hundred Battles ") gives a poetic list of kings, many of which are recognisable from the traditional List of High Kings of Ireland, but without narrative context.

Inside the House of the King are the Sala de las Batallas ( Hall of Battles ), which contains frescoes of the battles of San Quintín and Higueruela, among others.

The game's design and rules are drawn largely from those of the tabletop wargame Star Fleet Battles.

The following are known Battles of the Spanish – American War ...

Johnston was wounded and replaced on June 1 by the more aggressive Robert E. Lee, who reorganized his army and prepared for offensive action in the final battles of June 25 to July 1, which are popularly known as the Seven Days Battles.

Among his other books the most valuable are History of the French in India ( 2nd ed., 1893 ) and The Decisive Battles of India ( 3rd ed., 1888 ).

The Kzin are also represented in the lore of the Star Fleet Battles universe tabletop gaming system, with a number of scenarios and starship sheets devoted to them.

Battles are lost on all fronts and the Concordia is destroyed.

Battles are also conducted at " Colosseums " in several cities.

Battles for the first three games are fought in first-person and are turn-based.

The battles fought by Lee against McClellan from June 25 to July 1, 1862, are often called the Seven Days Battles.

* Gang wars: Battles with enemy gangs are prompted whenever the player ventures into enemy territory and kills at least three gang members.

Warren participated in the next day's Battles of Lexington and Concord, which are commonly considered to be the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War.