Sentence examples for control a battle from inspiring English sources
In their places were promoted junior officers, merchant captains and even civilians who expressed sufficient revolutionary zeal, although few of them knew how to fight or control a battle fleet at sea.
This presented considerable difficulty, for although his force contained two infantry battalions, the 2/25th and 2/33rd, and a pioneer battalion, the 2/2nd, his headquarters was not equipped to control a battle in the manner of an infantry brigade, as it lacked appropriate staff and communications.
But as details emerge, they suggest a man engaged in an intense internal struggle for control, a battle he ultimately lost.
The Spanish had to send 109 soldiers from Monterey to retake control, a battle in which 16 Native Americans and one Spanish soldier were killed.
In the state's House primary pitting two Democratic incumbents thrown together by redistricting, Representative Russ Carnahan — a son of Gov. Mel Carnahan, who died in a 2000 plane crash — lost to Representative William Lacy Clay in a battle to control a new St.
Their highly-publicised exclusion gives new difficulties to the right-wing government as it battles to control a row over the wearing of headscarves.
Potent Potash BHP Billiton's $39 billion offer for the Potash Corporation could be the first of several battles to control a corner of the fertilizer market.
In fact, the deal had been set up by undercover FBI officers.See article: Arms smugglingFirefighters in Montana battled to control a 40,000-acre blaze at Glacier National Park.
Austria has announced it will withdraw its peacekeepers from the UN monitoring force on the Golan Heights after Syrian government forces and rebels battled to control a strategic crossing into the Israeli-occupied territory.
Firefighters in California are battling to control a blaze which has destroyed nearly a 150 acres of land.
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