So it wasn't exactly a pitched battle.

所以并没有发生激战什么的。

The timing was unfortunate for American vegetarians, who were already engaged in a pitched battle with public opinion.

这一时机对于美国素食者来说是不幸的，因为他们当时已经卷入了一场与公众意见的激烈战斗。

A little later royal troops and local militia met in a pitched battle near Alamance River, called the " Lexington of the South." The Gaspee Affair and the Virginia Resolutions of 1773.

不久之后，皇家军队和当地民兵在阿拉曼斯河附近的一场激战中相遇，这场激战被称为“南方的列克星敦”。加斯皮事件和 1773 年的弗吉尼亚决议。