Sentence examples for large-scale battle from inspiring English sources

The small Okinawa base also has no room for large-scale battle training.

In mid-July the Free Syrian Army launched an offensive against Aleppo, which escalated into a large-scale battle involving attack helicopters and fighter-bombers.

Iraq's official news agency quoted him as saying, "When the enemy starts a large-scale battle, he must realize that the battle between us will be open wherever there is sky, land and water in the entire world".

But whereas news reports and interviews with residents have described a grim, large-scale battle, he said the violence was caused by a group of 30 to 35 rebels who were "hiding in the streets".

On the previous day, the Union Army had at last departed Gettysburg to pursue the retreating Confederates, and its commander, Gen. George Meade, had decided to take "the greater portion" of the medical staff with him in anticipation of another large-scale battle.

This strategy also has deeper platform benefits, as it would spur adoption of standards that Google is promoting in its large-scale battle with Apple, Amazon, and Facebook for dominance of the online landscape.

He wasn't ready for a large-scale battle--in terms of his organization, his mental preparedness, or the development of his message and his political skills.

The Vietcong are still active and large-scale battles are expected before the end of the rainy season.

The agreement brokered by France and Germany in Minsk in February 2015 has helped end large-scale battles between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine, but clashes have continued and efforts to reach a political settlement have stalled.

By the time you've squashed a few Goombas it will have you hooked, leaving you to stockpile mushrooms and buy equipment before tackling the impressively large-scale battles.

As the forthcoming 12 Rounds bucks the recent summer blockbuster trend for self-indulgent CGI, aliens, superheroes and implausibly large-scale battles - to transport us back to a time when heroes would conquer villains with nothing more than courage, a revolver and a stock of sardonic one-liners - this is his masterclass of moves no action movie should be without.