| NOUN | act | battle of Austerlitz, Austerlitz | a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805) |
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| Meaning | A decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian armies of Czar Alexander I and the Austrian armies of Emperor Francis II. | |
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| Synonym | Austerlitz | |
| Instance of | pitched battle | A fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place |
| Part of | Napoleonic Wars | A series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times |
| Region | Austerlitz | A town in Czech Republic |
| Spanish | Austerlitz, batalla de Austerlitz | |
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