In June, 1940, Sergeant Helion, with a company of reserve troops waiting to go into battle, was sketching the hills south of the Loire River, when the war suddenly rolled in upon him.

As I got off the trolley at Kehl bridge the next morning, I was met by what looked like 5,000 students, some of whom were carrying sticks apparently for the coming `` battle '' with the police.

There was a battle on an average of once every three weeks.

But he was perpetually engaged in a battle to command his own temper.

The eventual prize in this new battle was the public printing contract that Woodruff still held.

It was the first American war in which the death rate from disease was lower than that from battle, due to the provision of trained medical personnel ( of the 200,000 officers, 42,000 were physicians ), compulsory vaccination, rigorous camp sanitation, and adequate hospital facilities.

The news of battle on Breed's Hill had already seeped through, and New York itself was now left in the hands of the local Provincial Congress.

The savage barbarian hordes of red Russian Communism descended on the Athens that was mighty Metronome, sacking and despoiling with their Bolshevistic battle cry of `` Soak the rich '!!

Assonance seems nearly as severe a curb, although in a celebrated passage William of Malmesbury declares that A Song Of Roland was intoned before the battle commenced at Hastings.

Thus at the same time that William Henry Harrison was preparing to pacify the aborigines of Indiana Territory and winning fame at the battle of Tippecanoe, Anglo-Saxon settlement made a great leap into the center of the North American continent to the west of the American agricultural frontier.

Although it was at the Battle of The Little Horn, about which more words have been written than any other battle in American history, that the 7th Cavalry first made its mark in history, the regiment was ten years old by then.

That battle scene, ridiculous as it was, remained in my mind.

Georgia's Dick Russell objected politely, and the battle was joined.

By reminding ourselves of these factors in the situation, we should, I am sure, come to a fresh realization, however painful it be, that the battle between Parker and his neighbors was fought in earnest.

After the battle of Actium, which was fought near a sanctuary of Apollo, Augustus enlarged Apollo's temple, dedicated a portion of the spoils to him, and instituted quinquennial games in his honour.

As the battle progressed, Zollicoffer was killed, Crittenden was unable to lead the Confederate force since he was probably intoxicated and the Confederates were turned back and routed by a Union bayonet charge, suffering 533 casualties from their force of 4, 000.

The term allocutio was used by the ancient Romans for the speech made by a commander to his troops, either before a battle or during it, to animate and encourage them.

The battle, as was the tradition, was named after a nearby castle called Azincourt.

Initially the festival was held in October, but due to the inclement weather and local heavy clay soil ( like the battle ) making the festival difficult it was moved to July.

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.

Oswald may have had an ally in Penda's brother Eowa, who was also killed in the battle, according to the Historia Britonnum and Annales Cambriae ; while the source only mentions that Eowa was killed, not the side on which he fought, it has been speculated that Eowa was subject to Oswald and fighting alongside him in the battle, in opposition to Penda.

The management of these reserves was the subject of multi-dimensional arguments, beginning with a turf battle, between the Secretary of the Navy and the Interior Dept.

British tactics in the battle have been a subject of contemporary and historic debate.

Many aspects of the battle have been the subject of both contemporary and historical debate, beginning right after the battle.

This war, provoked in 1664, contained quite a few great English victories in battle such as James II's taking of the Dutch colony of New Netherland ( present day New York ), but also Dutch victories, such as the capture of the Prince Royal during the Four Days Battle in 1666 which was the subject of a famous painting by Willem van de Velde.

Panoramic paintings are massive artworks that reveal a wide, all-encompassing view of a particular subject, often a landscape, military battle, or historical event.

A legal battle ensued when first Madonna, then Kim Basinger backed out of the title role — eventually Basinger was the subject of an adverse jury verdict for over $ 8. 1 million dollars.

This battle is the subject of Aeschylus ' tragedy Seven Against Thebes.

They ultimately submitted to Cyrus, and from the battle of Eurymedon to the latter part of the Peloponnesian War they were subject to Athens.

The battle is also the subject of Victor Davis Hanson's 2011 historical fiction novel, The End of Sparta.

The Gordon and Franklin Rivers were the subject of one of Australia's largest conservation battles-the battle to save the Gordon River from being dammed for a hydro-electric scheme.

This was the subject of a zoning battle in the early 1990s when a Texas waste company called USPCI attempted to locate a toxic waste incinerator across Route 15 from the Allenwood Penitentiary, leading to the local community to unite under the banner of the Organizations United for the Environment.

Since 2004, Ardmore's business district has been the subject of a hotly contested eminent domain battle.

The Book of Judges describes Jephthah as leading the Israelites in battle against Ammon and, as the result of a rash vow, some people say he sacrificed his daughter after defeating the Ammonites, however it is possible upon reading the book of Judges that his daughter was subject to a chastity vow as a sacrifice.

Cyrano de Bergerac, who is the subject of the classic French play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, participated in a siege of Arras in 1640, and not the battle of 1654.

The battle is the subject of a poem Hohenlinden by Thomas Campbell ( 1777 – 1844 ).

Apart from his description of the battle itself, when later discussing the subject of Roman Legion versus Greek Phalanx, Polybius says that "... against Hannibal, the defeats they suffered had nothing to do with weapons or formations " because " Hannibal himself ... discarded the equipment with which he had started out ( and ) armed his troops with Roman weapons ".

( The writing credit for the song was the subject of a protracted legal battle ; the resolution of the case has Faithfull listed as co-author of the song.

The Battle of Villers-Bocage has proved a contentious subject among students of the campaign because the British withdrawal marked the end of the post D-Day " scramble for ground " and the start of a grinding attritional battle for Caen.

The book and battle are the subject of the movie " Thunder Run ", directed by Simon West, featuring stars Sam Worthington, Gerard Butler, and Matthew McConaughey.

The subject of the battle made its appearance in several oil paintings exhibited in Britain at the time.

He also wrote some charming odes, idylls and elegies, and a small epic poem Cissides und Paches ( 1759 ), the subject being two Thessalian friends who die an heroic death for their country in a battle against the Athenians.