PITCHED BATTLE
Definition:
- [noun] a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
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Related Words:
- Agincourt
- Austerlitz, battle of Austerlitz
- Bannockburn
- Battle of Kerbala
- Battle of the Ardennes Bulge, Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes counteroffensive
- Battle of the Marne, Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, Marne River
- Blenheim
- Borodino
- Bosworth Field
- Bouvines
- Boyne, battle of Boyne
- Brunanburh, battle of Brunanburh
- Buena Vista
- Bull Run, Battle of Bull Run
- Bunker Hill, battle of Bunker Hill
- Cannae
- Caporetto, battle of Caporetto
- Caudine Forks
- Chaeronea
- Chalons, Chalons-sur-Marne
- Chancellorsville
- Chapultepec
- Chattanooga, battle of Chattanooga
- Chickamauga, battle of Chickamauga
- Cowpens, battle of Cowpens
- Crecy, battle of Crecy
- Cunaxa, battle of Cunaxa
- Cynoscephalae, battle of Cynoscephalae
- El Alamein, Al Alamayn, Battle of El Alamein
- Flodden, Flodden Field, Battle of Flodden Field
- Fontenoy, Battle of Fontenoy
- Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga
- Fredericksburg, Battle of Fredericksburg
- Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg
- Granicus, Battle of Granicus River
- Guadalcanal, Battle of Guadalcanal
- Hastings, battle of Hastings
- Hohenlinden, battle of Hohenlinden
- Ipsus, battle of Ipsus
- Issus, battle of Issus
- Ivry, battle of Ivry, Ivry la Bataille
- Jena, Battle of Jena
- Kennesaw Mountain
- Lake Trasimenus, Battle of Lake Trasimenus
- Langside, battle of Langside
- Leuctra, battle of Leuctra
- Lexington, Concord, Lexington and Concord
- Lule Burgas, battle of Lule Burgas
- Lutzen, battle of Lutzen
- Magenta, Battle of Magenta
- Maldon, Battle of Maldon
- Mantinea, Mantineia
- Marathon, battle of Marathon
- Marengo
- Marston Moor, battle of Marston Moor
- Metaurus River
- Minden, battle of Minden
- Monmouth Court House, Battle of Monmouth Court House, Battle of Monmouth
- Naseby, Battle of Naseby
- Omdurman, battle of Omdurman
- Panipat, battle of Panipat
- Pharsalus, battle of Pharsalus
- Philippi, battle of Philippi
- Plassey, battle of Plassey
- Plataea, battle of Plataea
- Poitiers, battle of Poitiers
- Port Arthur
- Pydna, Battle of Pydna
- Ravenna, Battle of Ravenna
- Rocroi, Battle of Rocroi
- Rossbach, battle of Rossbach
- Saint-Mihiel, St Mihiel, battle of St Mihiel
- Saratoga, battle of Saratoga
- Sempatch, battle of Sempatch
- Shiloh, battle of Shiloh, battle of Pittsburgh Landing
- Soissons, battle of Soissons-Reims, battle of the Chemin-des-Dames, battle of the Aisne
- Solferino, battle of Solferino
- Somme, Somme River, Battle of the Somme
- Somme, Somme River, Battle of the Somme
- Spotsylvania, battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
- Tannenberg, battle of Tannenberg
- Tertry, battle of Tertry
- Teutoburger Wald, battle of Teutoburger Wald
- Tewkesbury, battle of Tewkesbury
- Thermopylae, battle of Thermopylae
- Trasimeno, battle of Trasimeno
- Valmy, battle of Valmy
- Verdun, battle of Verdun
- Wagram, battle of Wagram
- Waterloo, Battle of Waterloo
- Yalu River
- Ypres, battle of Ypres, first battle of Ypres
- Ypres, battle of Ypres, second battle of Ypres
- Ypres, battle of Ypres, third battle of Ypres
- Zama, battle of Zama
