It was the hill above Vauquois, where there has been desperate fighting for two days.

Heavy pockets of resistance remained, with some desperate fighting until the end.

These were men accustomed to desperate fighting against hopeless odds.

There was desperate fighting with heavy losses on both sides.

He was urging and cheering the Indians on to desperate fighting.

After a few days of desperate fighting, however, Grey was wounded and his soldiers refused to fight on.

They were at once locked in close and desperate fighting with the guards on the wall.

Much desperate fighting followed but the Americans had come to stay.

There is no way back for them now and that will make for desperate fighting.

Most of the defenders died in the desperate fighting.