Sentence examples for before the battle from inspiring English sources

It is, as I have said before, the battle of our times.

That's probably not from before the Battle of Hastings.

Both armies prayed to the same God before the battle.

But why let the two main combatants join the same side before the battle begins?

Norwegian men on skis reconnoitred before the Battle of Oslo (1200).

But the establishment need not surrender before the battle has really even begun.

The latter holiday was established in 1810, some 50 years before the Battle of Puebla occurred.

It's 200 years old, and was dishing out tankards of mead before the battle of Waterloo.

Hasdrubal committed suicide before the Battle of Zama, following his conviction on charges of treason.

It was Julius Caesar's base before the Battle of Thapsus in 46 bc.

More than 1.2 million would die on both sides before the battle ended in mid-November.