Apparently, he was just where he had been an hour before, with all his battles still to fight, but really he knew they were already won, for his weapon had been forged and put in his hand.
And who is the King of battles who dwells in this lordly home?
Certain maidens called Valkyrie, or Choosers of the Slain, were Odin's messengers whom he sent forth into the battles of the world to find the warriors whom he had appointed to die, and to bring them to Valhalla.
One of the titles of Brynhild, as she was one of the Valkyries or maidens whom Odin sent into battles to single out for death the men he had chosen to be slain.
Two mercenary regiments from Switzerland which had been fighting England's battles in America had just been disbanded, and Lord Selkirk at once engaged them to go as settlers, under his pay, to Red River.
But the right wing of the German army, which ever since the battles of Charleroi and Mons has enveloped and turned the allied left, continues its advance.
The hero, a young Saxon thane, takes part in all the battles fought by King Alfred.
Arrived safely at the Galdenoch, the fatted calf was killed, and having fought all his battles over again round the family board, he went to bed.
The tradition as told by Sir Andrew Agnew is as follows:-- "A scion of the house had fought in one of the battles for the Covenant, and after a defeat had craved food and shelter at a house near the scene of the disaster.
The capture of Vicksburg, with its garrison, ordnance and ordnance stores, and the successful battles fought in reaching them, gave new spirit to the loyal people of the North.
The armies of the East commenced their battles on the river from which the Army of the Potomac derived its name, and received the final surrender of their old antagonists at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
The Western armies commenced theirbattles in the Mississippi Valley, and received the final surrender of the remnant of the principal army opposed to them in North Carolina.
The battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna and Cold Harbor, bloody and terrible as they were on our side, were even more damaging to the enemy, and so crippled him as to make him wary ever after of taking the offensive.
My own judgment is that Johnston acted very wisely: he husbanded his men and saved as much of his territory as he could, without fighting decisive battles in which all might be lost.
Here the officers of both armies came in great numbers, and seemed to enjoy the meeting as much as though they had been friends separated for a long time while fightingbattles under the same flag.
Thus, twice since crossing the Rapidan we came near closing the campaign, so far as battles were concerned, from the Rapidan to the James River or Richmond.
Smith's services in these battles had been such that I thought him eminently entitled to promotion.
In that time they had fought more desperate battles than it probably ever before fell to the lot of two armies to fight, without materially changing the vantage ground of either.
The fact is, troops who have fought a few battles and won, and followed up their victories, improve upon what they were before to an extent that can hardly be counted by percentage.
The scabbard was of gold, and was ornamented with a scroll running nearly its entire length, displaying in engraved letters the names of the battles in which General Grant had participated.
Hence, among the ballads which give us so vivid an account of Border strife, we find descriptions not only of the minor doings of picturesque sheep-stealers, but also of pitched battles such as Chevy Chase and Homildon Hill.
In their time, the battles of Otterbourne and Homildon Hill were fought.
The "experimental" novel is now a thing as extinct as the dodo, yet what doughty battles were fought for its shapeless thesis.
The Austrians were on our frontier; every day brought us accounts of battles won; and the youth of Strasburg, and of all France, indeed, were bursting with military ardour.
The diligence has reached a rude-looking gate, or grille, flanked by two lodges; the French kings of old made their entry by this gate; some of the hottest battles of the late revolution were fought before it.
Because of the sound of the word he was passionately addicted to the Austrians, and finding there were so few battles in which they were successful he had to invent them in his games.
There was comfort in dusk, and the floor--as if he were back in those days when he played his battles sprawling all over it.
There were others still who had been engaged in the murders and battles who thought it best to go over to the friendly camp and take their chances of being treated as prisoners of war.
While the governorship of Minnesota has from the beginning been regarded as a most honorable position, the chief prize to be won in her political battles has been the United States senatorship.
That command participated in thebattles of second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, doing effective work with its Sharps rifles.
To what extent the upper Indians participated in these raids and in the several battles it is difficult to determine.
Also, seeing what progress had been already made in the art of war, battles could no more be won by deeds of personal prowess alone.
From that moment the issue of all Italian battles began to be decided by heavy cavalry or by men-at-arms.
Tuscan battles used to be won by vigorous assault, but are now to be won by standing still.
Religion is no less the companion of liberty in all its battles and its triumphs; the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims.
He and his knights won battles against foreign settlers and neighboring clans.
The first route was between London and the Scottish border, where there were frequent battles for land between the Scotch and English.
Leaving Britain in the charge of his nephew Modred, he fought battles on the continent for land to give to his noblemen who did him service in his household and fought with him.
The other nobility now tended towards tournaments with mock battles between two sides.
Also available in writing was the story of King Arthur's twelve victorious battles against the pagan Saxons, authored by Nennius.
Succeeding battles have been fought, defeats have been sustained, victories have been achieved, and the war is happily ended.
And still another has said, although inclined to be partial and unfair, in his account of the battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg: "His capacity and energy as an organizer are universally recognized.
Estimated according to mere numbers, these battles of Rich Mountain and Carrick's Ford appear somewhat insignificant in contrast with the great battles of the rebellion, which occurred during the succeeding three years.
The battles you have fought under my command will proudly live in our nation's history.
In two battles they defeated their predecessors, and divided the country amongst themselves.
He contends that discovered remains demonstrate that three of the battles won by Arthur, and ascribed by tradition to the neighbourhood of the Douglas, were fought near Wigan and Blackrod.
We have no space to describe the various battles in the valley of the Po, in which Hannibal was always the victor.
An expedition was despatched to Suakim, and two bloody battles were fought, but the only result of these was to inflame the zeal of the mahdi's followers and to enable him to capture Berber, the key of the Soudan.
You were always fond of soldiering,' he said to Henry one day, 'and I believe you could describe the battles I have fought in almost as well as I could.
Two battles were lost, for the legions of Maximus were but half-hearted; in the third he was taken prisoner and brought before the emperor.
But little George had to understand the battles as best he might, for his father never came back to explain them to him.
In this war four battles took place in fifty-five days, all close to the river Sutlej, but the last action at the village of Sobraon put an end to hostilities for two years to come.
Here two fierce battles were fought, in one of which sir Herbert Stewart was mortally wounded.
Many battles had been fought, and much blood had been shed on the field.
Unto you--who with brave lips set firm in a smile Over mountains of trouble have wended; Who, cheered by no clarions of glory erewhile, Have in glorious battles contended.
Even when at last all was in readiness and the General in one of the foremost boats was drifting silently down the dark river, with the solemn stars overhead, it was not of battles or deeds of daring that he spoke with those about him.
A soldier's life is a strange paradox; yet God, who is the God of battles as well as Prince of Peace, knows and understands.
He seemed to find some slight difficulty in bringing it down to the affairs of earthly battlesand struggles.
They like to win their battles before they fight them, and beat back the foe before he appears.
No, we shall never mention the battles of the giants, or let them be embroidered on garments; and we shall be silent about the innumerable other quarrels of gods and heroes with their friends and relatives.
The people of Athens were very much enraged when they heard the mistakes that had been made by the army, and the foolish way that several of the battles had been lost.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "battles" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
