The phrase "armed battles" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe conflicts or confrontations that involve the use of weapons or military force.
Example: "The region has a long history of armed battles that have shaped its political landscape."
Alternatives: "military conflicts" or "armed conflicts".
Throughout the history of the festival, they have turned their weapons on each other, fighting armed battles over which order gets to enter the river first.
In Vicksburg, they forced the resignation of Sheriff Crosby, who countered by forming a temporary black militia, and the two sides squared off in armed battles.
From 1966 to 1969 China experienced one of the largest political upheavals in the twentieth century, during which close to 1.6 million people died due to political persecution, armed battles, and state repression.
Moreover, he said, fighting may soon give way to famine as the cumulative effects of armed battles, a lack of centralized authority and a severe drought impose a harsh season of heat and suffering in coming months.
(Though it does not. Graffiti on a railway station in a nearby town reads: "Juden Raus!" Poles and Lithuanians still chafe over armed battles between the groups after World War I).
The struggle, which eventually reached the point of armed battles such as the 1816 Battle of Seven Oaks, was mostly over control of Rupert's Land, east of the Continental Divide.
Following his release he went into exile in Zambia, from where he led Zapu's armed battle against Rhodesia.
On June 3, in Ciudad Madero, a mayoral candidate and a candidate for the local congress were pinned down during an armed battle between rival drug gangs.
The uprising began as a peaceful protest movement and slowly turned into an armed battle in response to the government's use of overwhelming lethal force.
In fact most Yemenis, who have been mere observers of the armed battle between rival groups for control of the capital, already bade farewell to him months ago.
The sickly Mr. Xhaferi's deputy, Menduh Thaci, has spoken about how "the Albanians are beginning an armed battle for the liberation of their territories in Macedonia".
