A pitched battle or set-piece battle is a battle in which opposing forces each anticipate the setting of the battle, and each chooses to commit to it...
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earliest pitched battle in recorded history for which details of tactics and formations are known. It is believed to be the largest battle ever fought...
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The Battle of Agrigentum (Sicily, 262 BC) was the first pitched battle of the First Punic War and the first large-scale military confrontation between...
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Pitch Battle was a British singing show hosted by Mel Giedroyc on BBC One. It began airing on 17 June 2017. The show sees rival musical groups facing-off...
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William Wallace had not employed. The English army was defeated in a pitched battle which resulted in the deaths of several prominent commanders, including...
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desired effect of forcing Essex to move to intercept them. The first pitched battle of the war, at Edgehill on 23 October 1642, proved inconclusive, both...
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the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation (16 April – 2 May 1945). A pitched battle, it was one of the last assaults on large entrenched defensive positions...
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The Battle of Edgehill (or Edge Hill) was a pitched battle of the First English Civil War. It was fought near Edge Hill and Kineton in southern Warwickshire...
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The Battle of Kljuc is a pitched battle which took place during the conquest of Bosnia in 1463. In the spring of 1463, Mehmed gathered an army of 150...
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the first major pitched battle between the Byzantine (Roman) Empire and the army of the Arab Rashidun Caliphate. The result of the battle was a decisive...
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