The Battle of Xuzhou was fought in May 1938 as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Famous quotes containing the words order of, order and/or battle:
“Deafness produces bizarre effects, reversing the natural order of things; the interchange of letters is the conversation of the deaf, and the only link with society. I would be in despair, for instance, over seeing you speak, but, instead, I am only too happy to hear you write.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“Men who think deeply appear to be comedians in their dealings with others because they always have to feign superficiality in order to be understood.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.”
—Ferdinand Foch (1851–1929)