"I believe that most Hong Kong people will feel that we have won the first battle, able to control the spread of infection from the first index patient,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

The first major battle on Northern territory has just been fought that day a hundred kilometers from Washington.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

The plan seemed good. And after the first few hours of battle, the Confederates were close to victory.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

A battle followed, first involving local armed groups and then the United States Marines.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

In July of eighteen sixty-one, Union soldiers from the North and Confederate soldiers from the South fought the first major battle in the American Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.09.03

McClellan chased them. For the first time, his army went into battle.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

In the first few hours of the battle, Union forces were winning.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

But they refused to commit themselves to a figure on helping developing nations battle climate change, saying they would wait to see what other countries offered first.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20