Sentence examples for heavy battle from inspiring English sources

He described one incident, after a "heavy battle" near Cheux, west of Caen.

Along with heavy battle casualties, men collapsed under the midday sun.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and saw heavy battle in the South Pacific during WW II.

There he defeated the forces of Edwin, earl of Mercia, and his brother Morcar, earl of Northumbria, in a heavy battle at Gate Fulford, outside York (September 20).

The United States and Japan converted heavy battle cruisers just under construction into the USS Lexington and Saratoga and the Japanese Akagi and Kaga.

"Suicide bombers have entered the Serena Hotel, heavy battle is underway, enemies suffered heavy casualties," the Taliban spokesman said in a text message.

To these the Franks added the heavy battle-axe, or francisca, useful for both hacking and throwing.

Some 2,000 marines have focused on the area for the past two months and have engaged in heavy battles with air support.

On Friday, government forces marching from the north and south broke into Elephant Pass and fought heavy battles with the rebels, the military said.

The fighting started in the early hours Thursday when a unit of Saqqaf's police special forces stormed the airport grounds, sparking heavy battles with pro-Hadi forces.

"Heavy battles are being fought for every house, most of which the rebels have turned into fortresses," Bislan Gantamirov, the leader of a paramilitary Chechen group allied with Moscow, told the Itar-Tass news agency.