Definition of Battle of Valmy

1. Noun. The French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery).

Exact synonyms: Valmy
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: France, French Republic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Valmy

battle of Rossbach
battle of Saratoga
battle of Sempatch
battle of Shiloh
battle of Soissons-Reims
battle of Solferino
battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
battle of St Mihiel
battle of Tannenberg
battle of Tertry
battle of Teutoburger Wald
battle of Tewkesbury
battle of Thermopylae
battle of Trafalgar
battle of Trasimeno
battle of Valmy (current term)
battle of Verdun
battle of Wagram
battle of Ypres
battle of Zama
battle of the Aisne
battle of the Bismarck Sea
battle of the Chemin-des-Dames
battle of the Coral Sea
battle of the Philippine Sea
battle of wits
battle plan
battle rapper
battle royal

Literary usage of Battle of Valmy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"On September 20 was fought the battle of Valmy. The French occupied a position on a ridge of hills with their backs to Germany'' the Prussians attacked them ..."

2. Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1815 by Henry Morse Stephens (1904)
"Desertion of Lafayette— The Massacres of September in the prisons—Battle of Valmy-—Meeting of the National Convention—The Girondins and the ..."

3. Napoleon; a History of the Art of War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1904)
"... but the unexpected battle of Valmy. allied advance held him in place ; and moving up to the windmill hill south of Valmy, ..."

4. The French Revolution: Chapters from the Author's History of England During by William Edward Hartpole Lecky, Henry Eldridge Bourne (1904)
"But in spite of all this, the battle of Valmy occupies in the history of the French Revolution a position very similar to that of the equally insignificant ..."

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