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Gorgias and his men came out of the town and gave battle. (1 Maccabees 5, 59)
Among the fallen in that day's fighting were some priests who sought to prove their courage there by joining in the battle, a foolhardy venture. (1 Maccabees 5, 67)
His forces numbered a hundred thousand foot soldiers, twenty thousand cavalry and thirty-two elephants with experience of battle conditions. (1 Maccabees 6, 30)
The king rose at daybreak and marched his army at top speed down the road to Beth-Zechariah, where his forces took up their battle formations and sounded the trumpets. (1 Maccabees 6, 33)
The elephants were given a syrup of grapes and mulberries to prepare them for the battle. (1 Maccabees 6, 34)
Judas and his army advanced to give battle, and six hundred of the king's army were killed. (1 Maccabees 6, 42)
He then hurriedly withdrew, making off for Antioch, where he found Philip already master of the city. Antiochus gave battle and captured the city by force of arms. (1 Maccabees 6, 63)
Nicanor then realised that his plan had been discovered, and took the field against Judas, to give battle near Caphar-Salama. (1 Maccabees 7, 31)
The armies met in battle on the thirteenth of the month Adar, and Nicanor's army was crushed, he himself being the first to fall in the battle. (1 Maccabees 7, 43)
Demetrius, hearing that Nicanor and his army had fallen in battle, sent Bacchides and Alcimus a second time into Judaea, and with them the right wing of his army. (1 Maccabees 9, 1)
With battle now inevitable, Judas realised that his army had melted away; he was aghast, for he had no time to rally them. (1 Maccabees 9, 7)
On hearing this, King Demetrius assembled a very large army and marched off to do battle with him. (1 Maccabees 10, 2)
