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Definition of Franco-prussian war

1. Noun. A war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of modern Germany; 1870-1871.

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Literary usage of Franco-prussian war

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

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"CAUSE OF THE franco-prussian war The plebiscite had the most unexpected results — the imperial government determined to seek in victory the power it had ..."

2. The Development of Modern Europe: An Introduction to the Study of Current by James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard (1908)
"THE franco-prussian war AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE Foreign 68. No one was more chagrined by the abrupt termination Napoleon III of tne war of ..."

3. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography by John Fiske, James Grant Wilson (1898)
"During the Franco-Prussian war he was a captain of ti- American ambulance, aided the surgeons in attending the wounded, and received a medal for his ..."

4. Readings in Modern European History: A Collection of Extracts from the by James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard (1909)
"The Franco-Prussian War and the Foundation of the German Empire Bismarck describes in his memoirs the way in which he claimed to have precipitated what he ..."

5. Fifty Years of Europe, 1870-1919 by Charles Downer Hazen (1919)
"CHAPTER II THE franco-prussian war BY the year 1867 all of Italy was ... This was brought about as one of the incidents of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. ..."

6. Speeches, Arguments, and Miscellaneous Papers of David Dudley Field by David Dudley Field, Abram Pulling Sprague, Titus Munson Coan (1884)
"THE franco-prussian war AND THE LAW OF NATIONS. Lecture delivered December 19,1870, before the New York Association for the Advancement of Science, ..."

7. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1871)
"... Franco-Prussian War (continued). his Popularity, 20/6 с Proclamation to the Inhabitants of Paris, Versailles, 13 m 5 6 lm 5 a Speech on the Return of ..."

8. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"CHAPTER XXXVI The Franco-Prussian War — Apply for leave to go to France—Wrecked ... WHEN the Franco-Prussian War was at its height several of the American ..."

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