Sentence examples for was fought from from inspiring English sources

That early war was fought from the air by American warplanes, and on the ground by the surrogate forces of the Afghan Northern Alliance and special-operations troops.

In both Europe and in Canada the war that was fought from August 1914 to November 1918 is the Great War, whose barbarity and senselessness were felt to set a high-water mark for all the wars that followed.

A series of wars, for example, was fought from the mid-13th century through the early 14th century between Guelf-controlled Florence and its allies Montepulciano, Bologna, and Orvieto and its Ghibelline opponents Pisa, Siena, Pistoia, and Arezzo.

The North Fork fire was the only major fire that was fought from the beginning since it started after the prescribed fire policy was halted on July 15.

The siege of Szigetvár was fought from 5 August to 8 September 1566 and, though it resulted in an Ottoman victory, there were heavy losses on both sides.

He served as a lieutenant colonel in the militia during the Rogue River War that was fought from 1855 to 1856 against the Native Americans in Southern Oregon.

Gun battles were fought from street to street as mortar fire and rockets rained down on both sides, causing a huge explosion when a gas pipeline was hit.

FOR years now, the Other War on Drugs has been fought from the thatch-roofed hospitals of rural Africa to the travertine-clad corridors of the United Nations Palace of Nationss here.

The Anglo-Scottish wars were fought from 1643 to 1646, resumed from 1648 to 1651, and resulted in an English military occupation and complete political subjugation (the incorporation of Scotland into an enhanced English state) that lasted until the Restoration in 1660.

But it was also indicative of the battle that has been fought from the outset between the two campaigns.While the Obamamercial was unlikely to sway many voters, it did reinforce the idea that he is a safe choice.

Nearly 1,000 miles from South Carolina and the bitter political war between George W. Bush and John McCain, one flank of that war is being fought from a four-story office building in the northern suburbs of this city.