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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.
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: Italia, Italian Republic, Italy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Magenta
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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