Like the Persians before him at Thermopylae, geography and a stubborn enemy willing to sacrifice all would defeat Jones in his first major battle of the campaign.

During the Caucasian War, they were one of the most stubborn enemies of Imperial Russia, joining Shamil's alliance (which would last until 1859).

Nguyễn Ánh proved to be a stubborn enemy.

A stubborn enemy persisted in his efforts to clear it.

As the Philippine Republic's Chief of War Operations in Central Luzon, Luna had been one of their most stubborn enemies in resisting their efforts to occupy the archipelago.

Yet they found that the Jews in Palestine, how- ever recently arrived, were a formidable enemy: reckless, stubborn and resourceful.

He became an ardent crime fighter, a zealous consumer advocate and a stubborn enemy of fraud and waste in the food stamps program, seizing issues that appealed to a broad range of voters across the political divide.

The morning found us still holding our positions all along the line, and as more and more of our infantry came up and gun after gun roared into action we began to push our stubborn enemy northwards.

Although nationalists attempted to send more troops from Xuzhou to reinforce their comrades-in-arms in Zhengzhou, they advance were firmed checked by the stubborn enemy in Chengwu (城武) region for the entire duration of the campaign.

No, but our stubborn enemy, all the same.