In warfare, a meeting engagement, or encounter battle, is a combat action that occurs when a moving force, incompletely deployed for battle, engages an enemy at an unexpected time and place. == Description == Such encounters normally occur by chance in small unit operations, typically when two moving forces collide unexpectedly.
In warfare, a meeting engagement, or encounter battle, is a combat action that occurs when a moving force, incompletely deployed for battle, engages an enemy at an unexpected time and place. == Description == Such encounters normally occur by chance in small unit operations, typically when two moving forces collide unexpectedly.
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