Another word for engagements

The battle of Lund was, relatively to the number engaged, one of the bloodiest engagements of modern times.

And reciprocally, whatever may be the absolute rights of the ecclesiastical society over the appointment of its dignitaries, the administration of its property, and the government of its adherents, the exercise of these rights is limited and restricted by the stable engagements and concessions of the concordatory pact, which bind the head of the church with regard to the nations.

On sea the Athenians, after two minor engagements, gained a decisive victory which enabled them to blockade Aegina.

Burton was the scene of several engagements in the Civil War, when its large trade in clothing and alabaster was practically ruined.

He returned on the 19th of April, and on the 23rd was sent to Oxfordshire to prevent a junction between Charles and Prince Rupert, in which he succeeded after some small engagements and the storming of Blechingdon House.