defensive battle
1defensive battle — battle fought in response to a military offensive, battle fought to protect one s land or people …
2Battle of Chancellorsville — Part of the American Civil War …
3Battle of Nanking — Part of the Second Sino Japanese War …
4Battle of Smolensk (1943) — Second Battle of Smolensk Part of the Eastern Front of World War II Date 7 August–2 October 1943 Location …
5Battle of Tali-Ihantala — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Tali Ihantala caption= Finnish soldiers marching next to a destroyed Soviet T 34 tank partof=the Continuation War date=June 25 to July 9, 1944 place= Karelian Isthmus, Finland result=Decisive Finnish… …
6Battle of Ramillies — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Ramillies caption=The Duke of Marlborough receives captured standards at Ramillies. Artist: H. Dupray. partof=the War of the Spanish Succession date=23 May 1706All dates in the article are in the… …
7Battle of Tannenberg Line — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Narva Battle for the Tannenberg Line caption=Grenadiers of the Norge Regiment watch a Panther of the Hermann von Salza Abt move into position, Estonia 1944. partof=World War II place=Narva, Sinimäed… …
8Battle of the Trench — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Trench partof=the Muslim Quraysh Wars caption= date= March and April 627 CE place= North of Medina result=Failure of siege combatant1=Inhabitants of Medina (Muslims and others), including:… …
9Battle of Albuera — Infobox Military Conflict caption=Marshal Beresford disarming a Polish lancer at the Battle of Albuera . Print by T. Sutherland, 1831. conflict=Battle of Albuera partof=the Peninsular War date=16 May 1811 place=Albuera, south of Badajoz, Spain… …
10Battle of Funkstown — Infobox Military Conflict conflict = Second Battle of Funkstown colour scheme = background:#ffcccc; caption = partof = the American Civil War date = July 10, 1863 place = Funkstown, Maryland result = Inconclusive combatant1 = flagicon|USA|1861… …
