BATTLE OF THE COWSHED in Classic Quotes

1  "He fought bravely at the Battle of the Cowshed," said somebody.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V

2  In the end, it was named the Battle of the Cowshed, since that was where the ambush had been sprung.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV

3  And as to the Battle of the Cowshed, I believe the time will come when we shall find that Snowball's part in it was much exaggerated.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V

4  It was fully realised that though the human beings had been defeated in the Battle of the Cowshed they might make another and more determined attempt to recapture the farm and reinstate Mr. Jones.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V

5  It was decided to set the gun up at the foot of the Flagstaff, like a piece of artillery, and to fire it twice a year--once on October the twelfth, the anniversary of the Battle of the Cowshed, and once on Midsummer Day, the anniversary of the Rebellion.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV

6  They all remembered, or thought they remembered, how they had seen Snowball charging ahead of them at the Battle of the Cowshed, how he had rallied and encouraged them at every turn, and how he had not paused for an instant even when the pellets from Jones's gun had wounded his back.

Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII