Sentence examples for battle spread from inspiring English sources

Within minutes, prisoners had overpowered and killed a half-dozen guards, and a gun battle spread across the compound.

This turf battle spread to Washington, and a month after Bin Laden was killed, President Obama's top advisers were arguing in a National Security Council meeting over who really was in charge in Pakistan.

The battle spread from Los Angeles, where a three-week strike by 8,500 janitors ended on Monday after Cardinal Roger Mahony gave them his outspoken support, helping them gain a raise of 26percentt over three years.

No one imagined that a year later the two countries would have let the battle spread to a full-scale war that has cost tens of thousands of lives and will claim many more if the latest peace effort by the United Nations comes to nothing.At the time, the two governments said little about the May 6th incident.

The use of elephants in battle spread from India to Persia, and the first encounter between European forces and pachyderms took place in what is now Northern Iraq, with Alexander the Great winning a decisive victory against Darius III of Persia.

That battle spread to other federations.

When the street battles spread to the capital?

The battles spread across larger areas than ever before, with key engagements, such as that at Verdun etched on the memories of the nations involved.

Hygiene education campaign battles spread of avian influenza in Egypt MARAZIQ, Egypt, 9 April 2007 – For the citizens of the village of Maraziq, about 30 km south of Cairo, keeping chickens and ducks has long been a normal part of everyday life.

The momentum spirals from whisper to roar: placards, pumped fists, Molotov cocktails, police, tear gas, wounded protesters, water cannons, sirens, helicopter spotlights and pitched battles spreading through a city on the brink.

Above: Antifa youth, who battle the spread of fascism.