Example sentences of "was [vb pp] at [art] battle " in BNC.
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| 1 | James II was defeated at the Battle of the River Boyne , a victory which is celebrated each July , even now , by the various Orange Orders around the world . |
| 2 | Montrose was defeated at the Battle of Carbisdale , on the Kyle of Sutherland , and fled westwards to Assynt . |
| 3 | On 29th May 1176 Frederick was defeated at the battle of Lagnano because Henry the Lion , continually striving to increase his own power , had deserted the imperial cause at the last minute . |
| 4 | This territory was lost when Domnall Brecc was defeated at the battle of Moira c . 639 by the Uí Néill ruler , Domnall , son of Áed , king of Tara . |
| 5 | In 1916 the 2nd Earl of Feversham was killed at the Battle of the Somme and the house became a girls ' school until 1895 . |
| 6 | On April 9th , 1917 Thomas was killed at the Battle of Arras . |
| 7 | Potter gave up his troop 25 July 1645 , becoming parliamentary commissioner to the army in succession to his brother Captain John Potter , who was killed at the battle of Naseby . |
| 8 | In 1030 he was killed at the battle of Stiklestad ( near Trondheim ) by his own people , and Cnut then put his consort Ælfgifu of Northampton and their son Swegen in charge there . |
| 9 | The Danish-born Sir Andrew Ogard , who served in France and was knighted at the Battle of Verneuil , where incidentally Fastolf was promoted banneret , received letters of denization in 1433 and held offices in France worth £1,000 annually . |
| 10 | Philip VI did so at Crécy in 1346 ; John II was captured at the battle of Poitiers in 1356 ; Charles VII personally led the assault on Pontoise in 1441 ; while on the English side Edward III and Henry V provide us with excellent examples of the martial qualities demonstrated by certain kings . |
| 11 | After the desertion of Gilbert de Clare and the escape of Edward , the king 's son [ q.v. ] , from captivity , Fitzjohn was with Montfort on his final campaign and was captured at the battle of Evesham ( 4 August 1265 ) , being saved from death by the royalist Roger de Clifford [ q.v. ] , who had married his niece . |