Or at least by one maiden, and she has given me battle.
It was the look of a fighter moving in to give battle.
"Tonight we give battle, and may it be the last!"
Under these conditions, I determined to give battle without delay.
Already, even now, he was planning how best to give battle to the flames.
But before they could give further battle, a new door opened into the middle room.
Tomorrow we look for the right place to give battle.
Which is why I hope not to have to give battle.
At the first sign of a serious threat to our control over this situation I am prepared to give battle.
The Persians came out of the city and gave battle.