The army of Louis and the Oriflamme were so formidable that Henry V retreated without battle.
Insurgencies tend to be improvised affairs, without battle orders or formal communiqués.
The People's Liberation Army Daily, a military newspaper, said Sunday in a front-page article that a "long period without battle has encouraged the fixed habits of peace in some of the military so that their preparedness for battle is dulled".
"In a war without battle lines, perhaps the best over-all index of progress is that of casualties" was the less macabre explanation offered by the briefing officer at the Saigon headquarters in his standard orientation lecture for newcomers and visitors.
Clausewitz maintained that the main aim of war was to destroy the enemy's forces; in this case, American strategy is likely to be closer to that of Sun Tzu, an ancient Chinese theorist who argued that "those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle.
Carleton eventually abandoned Montreal, which fell without battle to Continental Army forces on November 13.
Fay' (money taken from the kuffar without battle) and zakat (obligatory alms) have been collected.
Another showdown in front of Adrianople 60 days later ended without battle and with the renewal of the peace treaty in October 1328, after which Michael Shishman returned to his country, but not before securing a large payoff.
Howe would receive much of the blame for the disaster, with William Moultrie arguing that he should have either disputed the landing site in force or retreated without battle to keep his army intact.
The Arab historian al-Tabari records that in 781 Lachanodrakon forced another Arab invasion, under 'Abd al-Kabir, to withdraw without battle, although Theophanes ascribes the success to the sakellarios John.
Brigadier Ronald Hopkins, commander of the brigade, was concerned that despite the unit prestige and regimental spirit developed since October 1945, it would be undesirable to have the regular units the highest numbered, without battle honours or colours, and with precedence after Militia units.
