having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding" prepared for battle; "an embattled city" beset with attackers or controversy or conflict; "embattled troops"; "an embattled governor
If you describe a person, group, or organization as embattled, you mean that they are having a lot of problems or difficulties. The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers. = beleaguered
An embattled area is one that is involved in the fighting in a war, especially one that is surrounded by enemy forces. Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island