a battle, a fight, combat

(literary) they

(transitive) intertwine (strings and similar); cross (one's arms or legs); braid (hair) / (transitive) build (out of poles, strings, or similar); put up

battle formation / camp

group, team

battle formation, position, military forces, camp / battle, war

to fight, to battle

those (referring to things distant from the speaker)

A disciplined, orderly army with high morale.

a Triton's trumpet (Charonia tritonis) shell used in ancient times as a horn to signal troop movements