HyperDic: battle_of_rossbach

English > 1 sense of the expression battle of Rossbach:
NOUNactbattle of Rossbach, Rossbacha battle in the Seven Years' War (1757)
English > battle of Rossbach: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria.
SynonymRossbach
Instance ofpitched battleA fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
Part ofSeven Years' WarA war of England and Prussia against France and Austria (1756-1763)
RegionGermany, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland, FRGA republic in central Europe
Spanishbatalla de Rossbach, Rossbach

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