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

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

Warned by the past, ought we not to-day to give battle to that curse of all old countries—poverty?

From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles

‘Well, well,’ answered the boy, ‘we shall see who is right; but the next time we give battle to the Moors I will take care to place a private mark on our commander.’

From The Olive Fairy Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)