napoleonic_wars (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Napoleonic Wars*:
NOUN	act	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

English > *Napoleonic Wars*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	A series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815 .
Instance of	war, warfare	The waging of armed conflict against an enemy / enemy
Parts	Austerlitz, battle of Austerlitz	A decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805)
	Borodino	Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but irreparably weakened / weakened his army
	Hohenlinden, battle of Hohenlinden	A battle during the Napoleonic Wars (1800)
	Jena, Battle of Jena	The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively / decisively defeated the Prussians
	Marengo	A battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians
	Trafalgar, battle of Trafalgar	A naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain
	Wagram, battle of Wagram	A battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809)
	Waterloo, Battle of Waterloo	The battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon

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