| has gloss | (noun) a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
pitched battle |
| has gloss | eng: A pitched battle is a battle where both sides choose to fight at a chosen location and time and where either side has the option to disengage either before the battle starts, or shortly after the first armed exchanges. |
| lexicalization | eng: pitched battle |
| subclass of | (noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
conflict, fight, battle, engagement |
| Note: 56 other instance(s) ommited in the following list |
| has instance | (noun) a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
Agincourt |
| has instance | (noun) Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but irreparably weakened his army
Borodino |
| has instance | (noun) a pitched battle in the Mexican War in 1847; United States forces under Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexican forces under Santa Anna at a locality in northern Mexico
Buena Vista |
| has instance | (noun) the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces
Bunker Hill, battle of Bunker Hill |
| has instance | (noun) ancient city is southeastern Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 BC
Cannae |
| has instance | (noun) battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces
Caporetto, battle of Caporetto |
| has instance | (noun) a battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans
Caudine Forks |
| has instance | (noun) the battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451
Chalons, Chalons-sur-Marne |
| has instance | (noun) a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker
Chancellorsville |
| has instance | (noun) a pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847)
Chapultepec |
| has instance | (noun) in the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg
battle of Chattanooga, Chattanooga |
| has instance | (noun) battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British
battle of Cowpens, Cowpens |
| has instance | (noun) the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois
Crecy, battle of Crecy |
| has instance | (noun) battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne
battle of Cunaxa, Cunaxa |
| has instance | (noun) a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland
Battle of Fontenoy, Fontenoy |
| has instance | (noun) a pitched battle in which American revolutionary troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775
Ticonderoga, Fort Ticonderoga |
| has instance | (noun) an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee
Fredericksburg, Battle of Fredericksburg |
| has instance | (noun) a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union
Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg |
| has instance | (noun) the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC)
Battle of Granicus River, Granicus |
| has instance | (noun) a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius
battle of Ipsus, Ipsus |
| has instance | (noun) a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III
Issus, battle of Issus |
| has instance | (noun) battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston
Kennesaw Mountain |
| has instance | (noun) (1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants
battle of Langside, Langside |
| has instance | (noun) a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
Magenta, Battle of Magenta |
| has instance | (noun) a battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French
battle of Minden, Minden |
| has instance | (noun) a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces
Battle of Monmouth Court House, Monmouth Court House, Battle of Monmouth |
| has instance | (noun) battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761
battle of Panipat, Panipat |
| has instance | (noun) Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC
Philippi, battle of Philippi |
| has instance | (noun) a major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC; resulted in the downfall of the ancient Macedonian kingdom
Pydna, Battle of Pydna |
| has instance | (noun) a battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512
Ravenna, Battle of Ravenna |
| has instance | (noun) a battle during the American Revolution (1777); the British under Burgoyne were defeated
battle of Saratoga, Saratoga |
| has instance | (noun) the Swiss Confederation escaped Hapsburg domination by their victory in 1386
Sempatch, battle of Sempatch |
| has instance | (noun) a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure
battle of the Aisne, battle of Soissons-Reims, Soissons, battle of the Chemin-des-Dames |
| has instance | (noun) the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians
battle of Tewkesbury, Tewkesbury |
| has instance | (noun) a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece
Thermopylae, battle of Thermopylae |
| has instance | (noun) a battle in central Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans under Flaminius in 217 BC
Trasimeno, battle of Trasimeno |
| has instance | (noun) a battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809); Napoleon defeated the Austrians
battle of Wagram, Wagram |
| has instance | (noun) the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon
Battle of Waterloo, Waterloo |
| has instance | (noun) a battle in the Korean War (November 1950); when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River 200,000 Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back
Yalu River |
| has instance | (noun) battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others
Ypres, first battle of Ypres, battle of Ypres |
