We may well have a general engagement on our hands long before they get here.

The general engagement on 25 March was brutal and bloody.

This chain reaction spread along the line, so that within a short time, there was general engagement.

Earlier in the day he had been ordered by Gilbert not to bring on a general engagement.

As the 2nd Battalion was crossing, the general engagement began.

He let his men skirmish but avoided a general engagement.

This indeed had started a general engagement and Heth was on the losing side so far.

"Now all we have to do is force a general engagement and get this wretched affair over with."

This would often lead to a general engagement as each side poured more troops into the fray.

Also, next minute there began a general engagement on a small scale.