Sentence examples for decisive engagement from inspiring English sources

Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the decisive engagement in the first Indochina War (1946 54).

The goal was to gain strategic advantage, not to look for a single decisive engagement.

The Vitoria Basin was the scene in 1813 of the Battle of Vitoria, a decisive engagement of the Peninsular War.

Battle of Pharsalus, (48 bce), the decisive engagement in the ancient Roman civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey.

Battle of Jajau, (June 12 , 1707, decisive engagement over succession to the Mughal throne of India following the death of the emperor Aurangzeb.

The decisive engagement was the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, or, according to some authorities, of Maurica (both places are unidentified).

In brief campaigns, the active-duty component may be the only part of the service that can be brought to bear before decisive engagements occur.

During the operation, the decisive engagements with the Partisans were mainly in the Romanija region.

Despite defeats such as the Battle of Fucine Lake, Roman troops defeated the Italian militias in decisive engagements, notably the Battle of Asculum.

Nonetheless, since Mir, no decisive engagements occurred in the northern theater, as Polish army withdrew in relative order towards Warsaw, after minor defeat at Zelwa, eventually taking defensive positions along the Bug river near Brest.

The Battle of Austerlitz (December 2, 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars.