give battle to

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"My brother Brian and I watched the Shoan armies as they went north to give battle to Negus Mikael and his Wollo hordes," he writes.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Castro was holed up on Che Guevara's farm outside Havana, getting ready to give battle to Roca and the old Reds.

From Time Magazine Archive

The exultant Parisians proclaimed the Cardinal of Bourbon king, under the title of Charles X., and the Duke of Mayenne, with a large army, marched forth to give battle to Henry.

From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine

“Black Tom” gladly and instantly abandoned the siege and marched northward to give battle to the king.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

Then the decks were cleared, and the bands struck up, and out they steamed, as everybody thought, to give battle to the British fleet.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. by Parrott, James Edward