Today a battle cry may seem an anachronism, for in the modern Army, esprit de corps has been sacrificed to organizational charts and tables.

Gladden has been an outspoken critic of the present city administration and led his union's battle against the teamsters, which began organizing city firemen in 1959.

Azincourt is famous as being near the site of the battle fought on 25 October 1415 in which the army led by King Henry V of England defeated the forces led by Charles d ' Albret on behalf of Charles VI of France, which has gone down in English history as the Battle of Agincourt.

He has the virtue of never losing a battle ( Section 2 ).

Ajax's prayer to Zeus to remove the fog that has descended on the battle to allow them to fight or die in the light of day has become proverbial.

Léon Fleuriot has suggested Ambrosius is identical to Riothamus, a Brythonic leader who fought a major battle against the Goths in France around the year 470.

Ares may also be accompanied by Kydoimos, the demon of the din of battle ; the Makhai (" Battles "); thev " Hysminai " (" Acts of manslaughter "); Polemos, a minor spirit of war, or only an epithet of Ares, since it has no specific dominion ; and Polemos's daughter, Alala, the goddess or personification of the Greek war-cry, whose name Ares uses as his own war-cry.

While tanks are seen as being integral to armoured warfare, in forces with a remit of power projection deployability has always been a consideration, which conventional main battle tanks cannot provide.

In this passage, a soldier asks the Buddha if it is true that, as he has been told, soldiers slain in battle are reborn in a heavenly realm.

In his discussion of Armageddon, J. Dwight Pentecost has devoted an entire chapter to the subject, titled " The Campaign of Armageddon ", in which he discusses Armageddon as a campaign and not a specific battle, which will be fought in the Middle East.

After a period of fifty years has passed, Beowulf defeats a dragon, but is fatally wounded in the battle.

It has also been argued that this is the third part of the poem since it describes the settings during the time lapse before the final battle between Beowulf and the Dragon.

The defining characteristic of the battle as a concept in Military science has been a dynamic one through the course of military history, changing with the changes in the organisation, employment and technology of military forces.

A battle always has as its purpose the reaching of a mission goal by use of military force.

The use of the term " battle " in military history has led to its misuse when referring to almost any scale of combat, notably by strategic forces involving hundreds of thousands of troops that may be engaged in either a single battle at one time ( Battle of Leipzig ) or multiple operations ( Battle of Kursk ).

EW has been used in battle by Japan and several other nations have developed and been accused of using an entomological warfare program.

More recently, a discovery of Roman artefacts in Kings Norton close to Metchley Camp has suggested another possibility, and a thorough examination of a stretch of Watling Street between St. Albans, Boudica's last known location, and the Fosse Way junction has suggested the Cuttle Mill area of Paulerspury in Northamptonshire, which has topography very closely matching that described by Tacitus of the scene of the battle.

The battle has remained prominent in the popular consciousness, with perhaps the best-known representation being Felicia Hemans's 1826 poem Casabianca.

It has never been firmly established how the fire on Orient broke out, but one common account is that jars of oil and paint had been left on the poop deck, rather than properly stowed away after paintwork on the ship's hull had been completed shortly before the battle.

In spite of the overwhelming British victory in the climactic battle, the campaign has sometimes been considered a strategic success for France.

Historian Edward Ingram has noted that if Nelson had successfully intercepted Bonaparte at sea as ordered, the ensuing battle could have annihilated both the French fleet and the transports.

A number of tribes traditionally adopted captives into their group to replace members who had been captured or killed in battle.

His death in the battle of Stiklestad in 1030 is traditionally considered a milestone in the history of the Christianisation of the country, although religion was not one of the issues at stake in that battle.

Cyrus himself with 600 body guards was in the center, to the left of the greek mercenaries-the place where Persian monarchs traditionally placed themselves in the order of battle.

Cyrus told him that they had, and that the sacrifices that traditionally took place before a battle promised success.

Historia Brittonum, an ancient history of Britain traditionally attributed to Nennius, a ninth-century Welsh monk, records that Arthur, the war leader of the Britons fought his first battle against the Anglo-Saxons at the mouth of the River Glein.

The date of the battle is traditionally 711, though this is not the date given by the Chronicle of 754.

The site of the battle is traditionally identified with Oswestry ; arguments have been made for and against the accuracy of this identification.

The location of the battle is traditionally identified as Oswestry ( etymology: " Oswald's Tree ") in Shropshire, which at that time is thought to have probably still been in the territory of Powys.

A number of legal fictions were devised to enable litigants to avail themselves of the jury even in the sort of actions that were traditionally tried by wager of battle.

Drum and bugle corps is, traditionally, a musical activity which extended the camaraderie of combat to a musical " battle " on ( football )- sized fields.

He considered the latter battle a victory because of the number of votes he got in a district which traditionally supports pro-Beijing candidates.

The field traditionally claimed to be that of the battle is still called Battle Edge.

One tradition says that in battle, they would " pin " themselves to a " chosen " piece of ground, through an unusually long breech-clout " rear-apron ", by use of one of three " Sacred Arrows " which they traditionally carried into battle.

It is said that after the battle, Yuan sent letters to ask the well-being of Nurhaci, as traditionally done by Chinese generals, but Nurhaci returned an insult by calling him a faker.

Despite the Polish victory on the field, the battle is traditionally regarded as inconclusive given that the Teutonic Order was not destroyed.

The site is traditionally known as the burial site of Catigern, brother of Vortimer and son of Vortigern following a battle with the Saxon Horsa in the mid fifth century AD-listed in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as taking place in 455 AD.

The battle is traditionally tied to the name of Legnano, since the League's forces came from that town.

He considered the latter battle in 2003 a victory from the number of votes he got in a district which traditionally supports pro-Beijing candidates.

The Battle of Graus was a battle of the Reconquista, traditionally said to have taken place on 8 May 1063.

Though the battle extended beyond the borders traditionally known as Manchuria — that is, the traditional lands of the Manchus — the coordinated and integrated invasions of Japan's northern territories has also been called the Battle of Manchuria.

It is also traditionally used for folk songs and poetry, including τσιαττιστά ( battle poetry, a form of Playing the dozens ) and the tradition of ποιητάρηες ( bards ).

The battle traditionally goes on for several hours.