Definition of Battle of Magenta

1. Noun. A battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I.

Exact synonyms: Magenta
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: Italia, Italian Republic, Italy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Magenta

Battle of Alberta
Battle of Britain
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of El Alamein
Battle of Flodden Field
Battle of Fontenoy
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Granicus River
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Jena
Battle of Kerbala
Battle of Lake Trasimenus
Battle of Lepanto
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of Magenta (current term)
Battle of Maldon
Battle of Midway
Battle of Monmouth
Battle of Monmouth Court House
Battle of Naseby
Battle of Ontario
Battle of Pydna
Battle of Quebec
Battle of Ravenna
Battle of Rocroi
Battle of Wake
Battle of Wake Island
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of the Ardennes Bulge

Literary usage of Battle of Magenta

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

1. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1860)
"... Austrians retire across the Ticino—Battle of Magenta. To this peremptory demand, Count Cavour transmitted, on the !i6th of April, a reply to Count Buol, ..."

2. Memoirs of Youth, Things Seen and Known 1847-1860: Things Seen and Known by Giovanni Visconti Venosta (1914)
"It was of the battle of Magenta. I had also a letter from Emilio, who wrote that Garibaldi had decided to send me a captain of staff, three or four other ..."

3. The Campaign of Magenta and Solferino, 1859 by Harold Carmichael Wylly (1907)
"CHAPTER VI THE BATTLE OP MAGENTA IN order that the operations of June 4, which are known as the Battle of Magenta, may be properly understood, ..."

4. The Diplomatic Reminiscences of Lord Augustus Loftus ... 1837-1862 (1892)
"... Battle of Magenta — Allied Army enter Milan — Hungary — Russian Minister's Language—Change of Ministers in England—Lord John Russell Secretary for ..."

5. St. Petersburg and London in the Years 1852-64 by Karl Friedrich Vitzthum von Eckstädt (1887)
"... Battle of Magenta—Fall of the Derby Ministry—Lord Palmerston Prime Minister— Battle of Solferino—Peace of Villafranca—Growing Distrust of Napoleon— His ..."

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