Each strives so lustily for the mastery, it may be set down a drawn battle.
Owing to the militia that formed the front line flying at the sight of the red coats the Americans were obliged to give ground and make it a drawn battle--but the meeting was a sad one for Cornwallis.
On the 19th a pretty general engagement occurred, which resulted in a drawn battle.
In February 1782 he had what the British captain called a drawn battle with an English frigate of equal metal with his own but could out sail her.
It had been a drawn battle: the South had taken some guns, but the Federal forces were too strong for them, and swamps, rough ground, and woods all helped to throw the South into confusion.
The year before, after what was practically a drawn battle at Chancellorsville, Hooker, with double Lee's force, withdrew across the river.
Upon every field except one Lee had been successful, and that was a drawn battle.
It, too, was no more than a drawn battle, yet Grant had no thought of recrossing the river to recuperate.
Although tactically it was a drawn battle, Antietam was decisively in favor of the North inasmuch as it ended the first Confederate attempt at a Northern invasion.
General Bragg did not lose a moment in marshaling his army into well-drawn battle-lines.
Offensively it was a drawn battle, as looked at from either side.
Substantially, it was a drawn battle, with appalling slaughter on both sides.
If you have had a drawn battle or a repulse, it is the price we pay for the enemy not being in Washington.
Strategically considered, however, Lord Stanhope is quite right in calling it a drawn battle.
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