However, in general, the books only feature mental battles when there is some reason for mind-to-mind contact ( for example, Trump contact ) and magic or Trump is involved in all three of the above conflicts, so it is not clear whether Zelazny intended his characters to have such a power ; the combination of Brand's " living trump " powers and his high Psyche ( as presented in the roleplaying game ) would have guaranteed him victory over Corwin.

One tablet reads " Sargon, the king of Kish, triumphed in thirty-four battles ( over the cities ) up to the edge of the sea ( and ) destroyed their walls.

A passionate fighting-man ( he fought twenty-nine battles against Christian or Moor ), he was married ( when well over 30 years and a habitual bachelor ) in 1109 to the ambitious Queen Urraca of León, widow of Raymond of Burgundy, a passionate woman unsuited for a subordinate role.

Falling upon Jourdan he beat him in the battles of Amberg and Würzburg, and drove him over the Rhine with great loss.

In the campaign of 1799 he once more opposed Jourdan, whom he defeated in the battles of Ostrach and Stockach, following up his success by invading Switzerland and defeating Masséna in the First Battle of Zürich, after which he re-entered Germany and drove the French once more over the Rhine.

This proved critical in early tank battles where German tank commanders exploited the organizational advantage over the Allies that radio communication gave them.

The controversy would surface in the Thomas Becket affair under Henry II of England, the Great Charter of 1217, the Statutes of Mortmain and the battles over Cestui que use of Henry VII of England, and finally come to a head under Henry VIII of England.

In two battles, Galerius won major victories over Narseh.

All these theories centre on two battles in Estonia, Fellin ( 1208 ) or Lyndanisse ( 1219 ), and thus try to explain the origin in relation to the tale brought forth over 300 years after the event.

Unlike the related battles over operating systems, programming languages, and even source code indent style, choice of editor usually only affects oneself.

In 185 battles that France had fought over the past 800 years, their armies had won 132 times, lost 43 times and drawn only 10, giving the French military the best record of any country in Europe ".

While in theory insurers could encourage investment in loss reduction, some commentators have argued that in practice insurers had historically not aggressively pursued loss control measures-particularly to prevent disaster losses such as hurricanes-because of concerns over rate reductions and legal battles.

Though Madison lost most of his battles over how to amend the Virginia Plan ( most importantly over the exclusion of the Council of Revision ), in the process he increasingly shifted the debate away from a position of pure state sovereignty.

Social conditions deteriorated for ordinary Kenyans, who faced a growing wave of routine crime in urban areas ; pitched battles between ethnic groups fighting for land ; and a feud between the police and the Mungiki sect, which left over 120 people dead in May – November 2007 alone.

Musashi is said to have fought over 60 duels and was never defeated, although this is a conservative estimate, most likely not accounting for deaths by his hand in major battles.

He writes that the Tea Meetings were staged as theatrical " battles between decorum and chaos ", decorum represented by the ceremony chairmen and chaos the hecklers in the audience, with a diplomatic King or a Queen presiding over the battle to ensure fairness.

Throughout the 18th century the Royal Navy gradually gained ascendancy over the French Navy, with victories in the War of Spanish Succession ( 1701 – 1714 ), inconclusive battles in the War of Austrian Succession ( 1740 – 1748 ), victories in the Seven Years ' War ( 1754 – 1763 ), a partial reversal during the American War of Independence ( 1775 – 1783 ), and consolidation into uncontested supremacy during the 19th century from the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

There were committee battles over the scope of Scott's responsibilities, with the Royal Society pressing to put a scientist in charge of the expedition's programme while Scott merely commanded the ship.

Today, retirement with a pension is considered a right of the worker in many societies, and hard ideological, social, cultural and political battles have been fought over whether this is a right.

Despite numerous battles, neither the Umayyads nor the Asturians had sufficient forces to secure control over these northern territories.

Wilson helped end the long battles over the trusts with the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914.

Repeated themes include participation in processions of the dead or large feasts, often presided over by a horned male deity or a female divinity who teaches magic and gives prophecies ; and participation in battles against evil spirits, " vampires ", or " witches " to win fertility and prosperity for the community.

* Khalid ibn al-Walid ( 592 – 642 ), Muslim Arab military commander who defeated the Roman and Persian empires in over eighty battles

In the next two decades there would be two Persian invasions of Greece, occasioning, thanks to Greek historians, some of the most famous battles in history.

He next battles Magneto by himself.

For the next seven years, Ieyasu and Katsuyori fought a series of small battles.

The next year was marked by two major campaigns and several smaller battles with a large army estimated at 55, 000 – 70, 000 men, backed by naval forces.

For example, in 16th century Friuli, babies born with the caul were believed to be good witches, benandanti, who would engage evil witches in nighttime battles over the bounty of the next year's crops.

For the next two years preceding the battle of Adrianople there were a series of running battles with no clear victories for either side.

With a heavy heart, Brutus battles again the next day.

On the very next day, July 4, Confederate forces surrendered at Vicksburg, Mississippi ; the two battles together are commonly viewed as the turning point in the war.

These battles were followed the next spring by the Atlanta Campaign, beginning just over the nearby state line in Georgia and moving southeastward.

These battles largely fixed the frontier between Christendom and Islam for the next millennium.

Vortigern is said to have been the leader of the British in only the first battle, the opponents in the next three battles variously called " British " and " Welsh "— which is not unusual for this part of the Chronicle.

The idea of timing, as with singular battles, is known as the most important part of attacking next to the skill of participants.

Donovan was the nominal director of this unwieldy system, but was plagued over the course of the next year with jurisdictional battles.

The next two years were dominated by budgetary and policy battles between Barry and the Control Board — along with Chief Financial Officer Anthony A. Williams — for power over the District of Columbia's operation.

Throughout the next year, battles were waged at sea along the length of Tripoli's coastline.

" For the next 20 hours, Zvika Force, as he came to be known on the radio net, fought running battles with Syrian tanks — sometimes alone, sometimes as part of a larger unit, changing tanks half a dozen times as they were knocked out.

The Navy was drawn into World War II after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, and over the next four years fought many historic battles including the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, multiple naval battles during the Guadalcanal Campaign, and the largest naval battle in history, the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Qin and Jin engaged in several battles over the next few years.

In the next decades they were used as reinforcements in several provinces within the empire and continued to be used as pawns in the constant battles for the imperial throne of the 3rd century.

After political and legal battles related to the Boston Extension inside Route 128, construction began on March 5, 1962, with the chosen alignment running next to the Boston and Albany Railroad and reducing that line to two tracks.

Over the next 17 days, Grant maneuvered his army inland and won five battles, captured the state capital of Jackson, Mississippi, and assaulted and laid siege to Vicksburg.

He next went through the Mahratta campaign as Persian interpreter to Sir Hugh Gough, and distinguished himself at Maharajpur in 1843, and also in the Sikh Wars at the battles of Mudki, Ferozeshah and Sobraon in 1845.

For the next two years they would take part in most of the major battles that the Australians fought on the Western Front.