According to the `` Chronica '' , `` during the time when Alfonso was at war with the rebel Hostile_encounter nobles ... the King of Aragon had mobilised sizeable armies of knights and infantrymen ... had traveled Traveling then beyond his own borders to Gascony [ where ] he surrounded Surrounding the city of Bayonne which is located near the Garonne River . ''

The Saint-Mihiel attack Attack established Creating the stature of the U.S. Army in the eyes of the French and British forces , and again demonstrated Coming_to_believe the critical role of artillery during World War Military_operation I and the difficulty of supplying Supply such massive armies while they were on the move Motion .

Henry sent Sending Joyeuse into the field against Navarre , while he himself intended to meet Come_together the approaching German and Swiss armies .

For his part , Henry III successfully prevented Preventing_or_letting the junction Military_operation of the German and Swiss armies .

French Republican forces in the Mediterranean , under pressure from Austrian and Spanish armies , Royalist uprisings and British blockade had suffered Bodily_harm the loss of their principal naval base and the fleet stationed there when British forces under Lord Hood seized Toulon at the invitation of the city 's Royalist faction .

Casualties Killing were overwhelmingly and disproportionately inhabitants of the Holy Roman Empire , most of the rest being battle deaths from various foreign armies .

These states employed Employment relatively large mercenary armies , and the war became Becoming less about religion and more of a continuation of the France–Habsburg rivalry for European political pre-eminence .

Both mercenaries and soldiers in fighting Hostile_encounter armies traditionally looted Robbery or extorted Kidnapping tribute to get Getting operating funds , which imposed Action severe hardships on the inhabitants of occupied territories .

Skanderbeg 's Macedonian campaign was a preemptive campaign Military_operation into the Ottoman Empire in Macedonia by Skanderbeg to defeat Conquering three Ottoman armies which had been prepared GetReady for the joint-invasion of Albania .

Mehmed saw an opportunity to attack Attack Skanderbeg and sent Sending three armies in one year .

Two armies of the 3rd Ukrainian Front began Process_start the advance towards that city on 17 February , and captured Conquering it on 22 February .

Other armies from the front then resumed the advance and captured Conquering several bridgeheads over the Inhulets river , which became Becoming the next German defensive line .

A reciprocal French advance eastwards in Artois could cut Removing the rail lines supplying the German armies between Arras and Reims .

French operations in Artois , Champagne and Alsace from November–December 1914 , led General Joseph Joffre , Generalissimo ( Commander in Chief ) and head of Grand Quartier Général ( GQG ) , to continue the offensive in Champagne against the German southern rail supply route and to plan an offensive in Artois , against the lines supplying the German armies from the north .

The attacks would confront Hostile_encounter the German 6th Army with a joint offensive on a front eastwards into the Douai plain , where an advance of would cut the railways supplying the German armies as far south as Reims .

The battle is considered one of the largest and most eventful fought Hostile_encounter in the 18th century , and has perhaps the largest number of fatalities in a single day reported Reporting in a classic formation battle between two armies .

The men of both armies are well experienced in the art of war , men who will fight with the greatest courage .

None can remember so bitter a struggle between two armies of veterans experienced in the profession of arms , who fight Hostile_encounter on until wounded or taken Conquering prisoner Prison .

Allied armies had also reached Arriving the pre-war German territorial borders and now occupied Control some German towns and cities .

During the night , both armies consolidated Cause_change_of_strength their lines .

The German armies captured Conquering some 5,000,000 Red Army troops during the war , a majority of whom never returned Arriving alive .

The operation Military_operation was designed Creating to cut Removing the air supply Supply lines between Italy and the Axis armies in Tunis , Tunisia , in April 1943 .

Two batteries of the 15th Field Regiment , RCA were placed Placing in support Supporting but due to the rapid advance Self_motion of the allied armies , supply Supply lines were hundreds of miles long and not much ammunition was available for the guns .

The French part of the offensive was intended to be strategically decisive by breaking Bodily_harm through the German defences on the Aisne front within with casualties expected to be around A preliminary attack was to be made by the French Third Army at St Quentin and the British First , Third and Fifth armies at Arras , to capture Conquering high ground and divert German reserves from the French fronts on the Aisne and in Champagne .

The final stage of the offensive was to follow the meeting of the British and French armies , having broken Bodily_harm through the German lines , then the pursuit of the defeated German armies towards the German frontier .

The final stage of the offensive was to follow the meeting of the British and French armies , having broken Bodily_harm through the German lines , then the pursuit of the defeated German armies towards the German frontier .

The British Third and First armies achieved Achieve the deepest advance since trench warfare began Process_start , along the Scarpe river in the Battle of Arras , which inflicted Causation many losses on the Germans , attracted reserves and captured Conquering Vimy Ridge to the north .

The failure of the Nivelle strategy and the high number of French casualties led to Causation mutinies and the dismissal of Nivelle , his replacement by Pétain and the adoption of a defensive strategy by the French , while their armies recuperated Recovering and were rearmed .

The Abbasids had launched Process_start a huge expedition Attack with two separate armies in retaliation for the Byzantine emperor Theophilos 's successes the previous year , and aimed Aiming to sack Destroying Amorion , one of Byzantium 's largest cities .

In the first months of the rebellion , he defeated Conquering the Mongols and the Tsar 's armies , personally slaying Killing Constantine Tikh in battle .

Michael VIII sent Sending two large armies in an attempt to turn Change the fortunes of the war , but they were both defeated Conquering by the Bulgarian rebels Hostile_encounter in the Balkan mountains .

The honour was awarded Award to 29 units of the armies of the Bombay and Madras Presidency through order Arranging 378 of 1889 ; only 15 units survive .

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania became Becoming a Swedish fief , the Polish–Lithuanian regular armies surrendered Surrendering and the Polish king John II Casimir Vasa fled Escaping to the Habsburgs .

John II Vasa found Know an ally in Leopold I of Habsburg , whose armies crossed Motion_directional into Poland–Lithuania from the southwest .

at the same time , another ottoman army , ismail bey gathered Come_together in sofia , was about to cross Motion_directional in unk to invade Attack little wallachia , and connect Connect the two armies of the commander at bucharest .

In 1916 , the Battle Hostile_encounter of Verdun had been a costly failure Earnings_and_losses for the Germans and the Anglo-French Battle of the Somme had forced a defensive Defending battle Hostile_encounter on the Germans , leaving Departing the western armies ( ) exhausted Expend_resource .

On the Eastern Front , the Brusilov Offensive had inflicted Causation huge losses Earnings_and_losses on the Austro-Hungarian armies in Russia and forced the Germans to take over more of the front .

The British and French armies would need about eight weeks to rebuild Building roads , bridges and railways in the abandoned GiveUp area before they could attack Attack .

After defeating Conquering Emperor Napoleon at the Battle of La Rothière , the two main Allied armies under Austrian Field Marshal Karl Philipp , Prince of Schwarzenberg and Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher separated Forming_relationships .

After the Battle Hostile_encounter of Flers–Courcelette on 22 September , the Anglo-French armies tried to press Motion their advantage with several smaller attacks Attack in quick succession , rather than pause Process_end to regroup Cause_to_amalgamate and give Giving the Germans time to recover Recovering .

The conquest Conquering of Constantinople also dealt Resolve_problem a massive blow Influence to the defence Defending of mainland Europe , as the Muslim Ottoman armies thereafter were left Causation unchecked to advance Self_motion into Europe without an adversary Hostile_encounter to their rear .

The unexpected collapse Destroying of Bulgaria and Sviatoslav 's ambitions to seize Conquering Constantinople caught Self_motion the Eastern Roman Empire off-guard but they managed to pull Motion back the Kievan armies and occupied Control eastern Bulgaria including the capital Preslav in 971 .

This was the only offensive Attack in which for the first time in the war Hostile_encounter , all 6 elite Soviet tank armies had participated Participation at the same time .

There was also opposition voiced by the Armenian government , as well as a number of American diplomats and relief Assistance officials working Being_in_operation in the region , who cited Adducing Sultanov 's past collaboration with the Ottoman armies that had occupied Control the area in 1918 .

Both armies were composed Come_together primarily of infantry , many of whom were armed with a very long spear called Name_conferral a `` spiess '' ( pike ) , others with a pole weapon called Name_conferral a halberd .

The Russian armies were under the command Control of Colonel Zagriashko , on February 18 the Polish revolutionaries finally withdrew Escaping their forces Military_operation from Staszów and left Departing towards Małgoszcz , although the battle Hostile_encounter is considered one of Poland 's victories of the uprising Violence .

The armies came Arriving near Mokra where Skanderbeg had positioned Placing his forces on a mountain dominating Control the landscape .

The [ First ] Battle Hostile_encounter of Stockach occurred Coming_to_be on 25 March 1799 , when French and Austrian armies fought Hostile_encounter for control Control of the geographically strategic Hegau region in present-day Baden-Württemberg .

It was the second battle Hostile_encounter between the French Army of the Danube , commanded Control by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan , and the Habsburg Army under Archduke Charles ; the armies had met Come_together a few days earlier , 20–22 March , on the marshy fields southeast of Ostrach and the Pfullendorf heights .

The Second Battle of Homs was fought Hostile_encounter in western Syria on 29 October 1281 , between the armies of the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt and the Ilkhanate , a division of the Mongol Empire centered on Iran .