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Definition of Battle of fontenoy
1. Noun. A battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland.
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Group relationships: War Of The Austrian Succession
Geographical relationships: Belgique, Belgium, Kingdom Of Belgium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Fontenoy
Literary usage of Battle of fontenoy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Modern Europe: And a View of the Progress of Society from the by William Russell (1837)
"But those hopes were blasted by the battle of Fontenoy. Fresh discontents arose ;
the machinations of the Jacobites were renewed; and the king of France, ..."
2. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1897)
"TWO DESPATCHES RELATIVE TO THE battle of fontenoy. ... of the battle of Fontenoy
by eyewitnesses there are two which deserve particular attention—Saxe's ..."
3. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"For instance, we are told that on the arrival of the news of the unfortunate
battle of Fontenoy, every heart beat, and every eye was in tears. ..."
4. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"Battle of Fontenoy (llth May 1745). " Of the Siege, which was difficult and
ardent, we will re- "member nothing, except the mischance ..."
5. The Early Hanoverians by Edward Ellis Morris (1886)
"During all the battle of Fontenoy the general was carried about the field in a
litter of basket-work, for he could not sit on horseback. ..."
6. Historic Poems and Ballads by Rupert Sargent Holland (1912)
"XXII Battle of Fontenoy FONTENOY is a village of Belgium, and famous as the scene
of the battle fought May n, 1745, between the French under Marshal Saxe ..."
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