give battle to

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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

"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

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

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

At Richmond, Morgan decided to make a stand and give battle to his pursuers; but Calhoun brought word that at least five thousand Federals were closing in on him.

From Raiding with Morgan by Dunn, Byron A. (Byron Archibald)