HyperDic: battle_of_rocroi

English > 1 sense of the expression Battle of Rocroi:
NOUNactBattle of Rocroi, Rocroia battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643)
English > Battle of Rocroi: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders.
SynonymRocroi
Instance ofpitched battleA fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
Part ofThirty Years' WarA series of conflicts (1618-1648) between Protestants and Catholics starting in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain
RegionFrance, French RepublicA republic in western Europe
Spanishbatalla de Rocroi, Rocroi
CatalanBatalla de Rocroi, Rocroi

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