Frontal assault
Battles with notably successful frontal assaults: Battle of Bunker Hill – After two failed attempts, the British army succeeds in capturing the heights.
Battle of Missionary Ridge – Union army storms Missionary Ridge after flank attacks are stalled.
Battle of Pea Ridge – Union army routs Confederate forces in a frontal assault on the second day.
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House – Union army captures the "Mule Shoe" salient.
Brusilov Offensive – Russian army breaks Austro-Hungarian lines during the First World War, though infiltration tactics were used.
Battle of Vimy Ridge – Operationally, a frontal assault, though new platoon-based tactics enabled tactical maneuver at the lowest levels.

Battles with notably unsuccessful frontal assaults: Battle of Carillon – A classic example of tactical military incompetence.
Battle of Gettysburg – Pickett's Charge aims at the Union center and is repulsed.
Battle of Fredericksburg – Union army fails to take Marye's Heights.
Battle of Franklin – Repeated Confederate charges are repulsed.
Battle of Balaklava – The Charge of the Light Brigade.
Battle of Cold Harbor – Union assaults repulsed by Confederate forces with heavy casualties.
Battle of Longewala – Failure of Pakistan Army's 206 and 51 Brigades with 2000-3000 men and 40 tanks attack on 120 Indian soldiers of the A company of the Punjab Regiment defending the Longewala border post.

See also: List of established military terms
List of military tactics
Military science
Rush (computer and video games)