5 sentences with 'skirmishes'
Example sentences and phrases with the word skirmishes and other words derived from it.
• « According to the members of each nation's general staff, it was all or nothing: either they committed all forces to a swift and decisive victory, or they suffered certain defeat. There could be no small increments or tentative skirmishes; it was a total commitment to a massive war. »
• « In 1865, Lucio V. Mansilla recounted an anecdote that occurred during the first skirmishes of the Paraguayan War, on a trip he was making from Mendoza to Córdoba. At that time he heard about the problems with Paraguay. Arriving at an inn, he asked the owner of the house: »
• « However, new evidence suggests that the Moriori were a group of mainland Maori who migrated from New Zealand to the Chatham Islands, developing their own distinctive, peaceful culture. There was also another tribe on the Chatham islands these were Maori who migrated away from New Zealand. They called themselves the Moriori there were a few skirmishes and in the end, the Moriori were wiped out. »