Word Finder - battlefields

definition

The area where a land battle is or was fought, which is not necessarily a field.

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1886 The night of the 16th of May found McPherson's command bivouacked from two to six miles west of the battlefield, along the line of the road to Vicksburg — Ulysses S. Grant, Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant, Chapter 35.

That's why they visit birthplaces, places of monumental happenings like battlefields or sites of great tragedies— to absorb a tiny bit of what happened there.

The destinies of Italy were decided in the cabinets and on the battlefields of northern Europe.

Organization and tactics did not affect the issue directly, for the conduct of the men and their junior officers gave abundant proof that in the hands of a competent leader the " linear " principle of delivering one shattering blow would have proved superior to that of a gradual attrition of the enemy here, as on the battlefields of the Peninsula and at Waterloo, and this in spite of other defects in the training of the Prussian infantry which simultaneously caused its defeat on the neighbouring field of Auerstadt.

Corps, away to the south-westward, for support, he determined Metz Battlefields (Western) ' 'Scale.

He was several times wounded, and was made major and colonel on the battlefields of Cochabamba and Sapachni.

The new general, whose bold and skilful leading had been conspicuous on most of the Virginia battlefields, promptly did so.

He twice visited Germany (1852 and 1858) to see Frederick's battlefields and obtain materials; and he occasionally went to the Ashburtons and his relations in Scotland.

It was overrun by Slavic hordes, who have left their traces in many village names, and was one of the chief battlefields of the various powers - Byzantines, Franks, Venetians and Turks - who struggled for the possession of the Morea.

Armies stood fast on the 24th on their respective battlefields, while the cavalry division was sent out due south.

Add to this that Louis XIII., like Richelieu himself, had wretched health, aggravated by the extravagant medicines of the day; and it is easy to understand how this pliable disposition which offered itself to the yoke caused Richelieu always to fear that his king might change his master, and to declare that the four square feet of the kings cabinet had been more difficult for him to conquer than all the battlefields of Europe.

That's why they visit birthplaces, places of monumental happenings like battlefields or sites of great tragedies— to absorb a tiny bit of what happened there.

Cross the Channel to France then past World War i battlefields to Paris.

He saw the nobles riding chariots onto the battlefields.

Popular support, grounded in ancient enmity, withered as tens of thousands of coffins arrived from the battlefields.

Yet, on medieval battlefields and during plagues - times of ultimate horror - they were seen gnawing the dead bodies.

James and I often swop battlefield visit experiences and his interest in the battlefields is very personal and sincere.

You'll see battlefields, statues, monuments, and a restored Union gunboat.

You need to take out two battlefields on each individual planet to gain control over it.

They would be able to visit actual battlefields, go on a variety of tours, talk with people from all over the world and take in the many museums near the White House.

These include battlefields, cemeteries, prisons, lighthouses and more like those discussed in 10_Most_Haunted_Places_in_America.

If that's the case, it makes sense that visitors to historic battlefields often experience paranormal activities.

However, other haunted battlefields can be added to the list of haunted locations.

Battlefields would become sea beds and create bays that would be used as ports.

Since 1863, Frye has been making footwear that has walked the battlefields of the Civil War and the Spanish American War, mined for gold during the Gold Rush, and gone West with the Pioneers of the late 1800s.

The Unseelie Court fairies favor living in rural areas associated with bloodshed and will most likely be found in areas like cemeteries and historic battlefields.