The time for battle might not yet be at hand.

At the least, in three days they would need to be ready for battle.

No young women were among the group, and few men of an age for battle.

He thus kept his men in order for the coming battle.

But all that must wait for the morning and the new day's battle.

It was no less than a cause for battle among those who did not.

Now it is far more likely for serious battle to get under way on the first day.

As with any war, you had to ready yourself for battle.

I told you we'd need it for the big battle.

I now must pick one of those two for the coming battle.