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This isn't possible, as the arbitrary line between the definition of a "battle", "skirmish", and "raid" is fuzzy. That is, what one historian will label a quick battle, another will label a skirmish, and yet another just write off as a minor incursion.

Labels such a battle have no real fixed objective definition (certainly, not one that lasts more than the lifespan of the historian concerned), and thus, categorizing them as "longest", "shortest", "biggest", or "fastest" is impossible, except in the context drawn by a single historian. That is, historian A can rank them according to criteria they set up, but that cannot be compared to historian B's ranking, who will use another set of criteria.

Not to mention the major problem here of determining exactly when a battle started and stopped. Which, particularly in the time before mechanical timepieces, was practically impossible.

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