7 sentences with 'battlefield'
Example sentences and phrases with the word battlefield and other words derived from it.
• « Because they defended the polis and proved to be extremely effective on the battlefield, hoplites continued to demand better political representation, something that would have a great impact on Greek politics as a whole. »
• « Perhaps the most important of all was the leading centurion, the First Lance, who dictated tactics on the battlefield. »
• « The popes reasserted their control of the papal states in central Italy, in some cases (such as those of Julius II, r. 1503 - 1513) personally going to the battlefield to lead troops against the armies of both foreign invaders and rival Italians. »
• « His victories were due not only to his own mastery of battlefield tactics, but to the changes introduced by the French Revolution earlier. The removal of noble privilege allowed the French government to enforce conscription and increase the size and flexibility of its armies. »
• « A whole generation had absorbed stories of battlefield glory, of the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the Franco-Prussian War and overseas conquests. »
• « At the same time, and in stark contrast to the early dreams of glory won on the battlefield, soldiers discovered that their own competence, even heroism, had been rendered irrelevant by the new technology of war. »
• « On the battlefield, armies dressed in bright uniforms to advertise their bravery and lack of fear. They stood in close formation and exchanged volleys with the enemy. They often feared their officers more than the enemy. »