The early battles may all have been fought on land.

The effort may be the defining early battle of his presidency.

It is not to be confused with the earlier battle at the same place.

His eyes were bright, and he appeared to be exhilarated from the earlier battle.

In the early battles they had fought side by side with the men as a matter of course.

If it had happened so the earlier battle, it was likely to happen again in this one.

As the 1980s wore on, veterans of earlier battles over Stewart returned to start new ones.

There are numerous accounts of this happening in the war's earlier battles.

The Rams won the early battle of field goals, leading by 6-3 at halftime.

Consequently, he did not participate in any of the early battles.