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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).
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Geographical relationships: France, French Republic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle Of Valmy
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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