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Definition of Soissons
1. Noun. A battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure.
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Group relationships: First World War, Great War, War To End War, World War 1, World War I
Geographical relationships: France, French Republic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soissons
Literary usage of Soissons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of France by EYRE EVANS. CROWE (1863)
"The Count of Soissons was at Sedan when, in 1641, a CHAP. secret league was made
... Soissons was the most determined and formidable of the enemies of the ..."
2. History of Friedrich the Second Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1866)
"CHAPTER V. CONGRESS OF Soissons, SINTH CRISIS IN THE SPECTRE ... Congress of
Soissons did meet, 14th June, 1728 ; opened itself as a Corporeal Entity in ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Summoned before the Synod of Soissons in 853, they produced a writ of complaint,
in which they tried to prove the legitimacy of ..."
4. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"Or say finally at Soissons; where Fleury wished it to be, that he might get the
reins of ... Congress of Soissons did meet, 14th June 1728; opened itself, ..."
5. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"Or say finally at Soissons; where Fleury wished it to be, that he might get the
reins of ... Congress of Soissons did meet, I4th June 1728; opened itself, ..."
6. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1858)
"Or say finally at Soissons; where Fleury wished it to be, that he might get the
reins of ... Congress of Soissons did meet, 14th June 1728; opened itself, ..."
7. History of Friedrich the Second, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"CHAPTER V. CONGRESS OF Soissons, SIXTH CRISIS IN THE SPECTRE HUNT. ... Congress of
Soissons did meet, 14th June, 1728 ; opened itself as a Corporeal Entity ..."
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