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battlelines

n. (plural of battleline English)

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Battlelines

Battlelines is a 2009 book by Tony Abbott, the former Prime Minister of Australia, when he was then in Opposition. The book is partly autobiographical and discusses his experiences in the Liberal Party of Australia and in the Howard Government. The book was written during Abbott's time as a Shadow Minister following the 2007 defeat of the Howard Government and prior to Abbott's 2009 Liberal Party leadership election as Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament.

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Even then, with the battlelines firmly defining the two as enemies, Wulfgar had recognized a genuine and deeply rooted affection in the eyes of the dwarf that had confused him.

The battlelines grew indistinguishable as the fighting wore on, with troops getting hopelessly separated from their commanders.

The battlelines grew indistinguishable as the fighting wore on, with troops getting hopelessly separated from their commanders.

An officer was rarely kept as a prisoner of war if he was captured close to the battlelines.

All I had to do was to make myself a hundred or two hundred feet high, walk out to the battlelines, and scatter the opposing army like a set of small boys'-playthings.

I've won and lost battles, and I long ago learned that when you're faced with an impossible situation, the only sane thing to do is to withdraw in the best possible order, regroup, form new battlelines, and be ready to regain the offensive immediately an opening of any sort is presented you.