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A 'pitched battle' is a battle where both sides choose to fight at a chosen location and time and where either side has the option to disengage either before the battle starts, or shortly after the first armed exchanges.
A pitched battle is not a chance encounter such as a skirmish, or where one side is forced to fight at a time not of their choosing such as happens in a siege. For example the Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the First English Civil War and the Battle of Gettysburg started by chance as a skirmish, but as both generals chose to reinforce their positions instead of disengaging, they turned a skirmish into a pitched battle.
Another example of pitched battle is the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the climactic battle that ended the First Indochina War. The French stronghold at Dien Bien Phu was originally laid as a trap for the Viet Minh forces, but the Viet Minh opted to go for a full siege, and eventually won the battle.
A pitched battle is not a chance encounter such as a skirmish, or where one side is forced to fight at a time not of their choosing such as happens in a siege. For example the Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the First English Civil War and the Battle of Gettysburg started by chance as a skirmish, but as both generals chose to reinforce their positions instead of disengaging, they turned a skirmish into a pitched battle.
Another example of pitched battle is the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the climactic battle that ended the First Indochina War. The French stronghold at Dien Bien Phu was originally laid as a trap for the Viet Minh forces, but the Viet Minh opted to go for a full siege, and eventually won the battle.
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