battle (noun)
51battle of Issus — noun a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III • Syn: ↑Issus • Regions: ↑Asia Minor, ↑Anatolia • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
52battle of Ivry — noun a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne • Syn: ↑Ivry, ↑Ivry la Bataille • Regions: ↑France, ↑French Republic • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
53Battle of Jena — noun the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians • Syn: ↑Jena • Regions: ↑Germany, ↑Federal Republic of Germany, ↑Deutschland, ↑FRG • Instance Hypernyms: ↑ …
54battle of Jutland — noun an indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916); fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark • Syn: ↑Jutland • Regions: ↑Denmark, ↑Kingdom of Denmark, ↑Danmark • Instance Hypernyms: ↑naval b …
55Battle of Lake Trasimenus — noun a battle in 217 BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by Flaminius • Syn: ↑Lake Trasimenus • Regions: ↑Italy, ↑Italian Republic, ↑Italia • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
56battle of Leuctra — noun Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta s military supremacy in Greece • Syn: ↑Leuctra • Regions: ↑Greece, ↑Hellenic Republic, ↑Ellas • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
57Battle of Little Bighorn — noun a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces… …
58battle of Lule Burgas — noun the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks • Syn: ↑Lule Burgas • Regions: ↑Thrace • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle • Part Holonyms: ↑Ba …
59battle of Lutzen — noun a battle in the Thirty Years War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed • Syn: ↑Lutzen • Regions: ↑Germany, ↑Federal Republic of Germany, ↑Deutschland, ↑FRG …
60Battle of Magenta — noun a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I • Syn: ↑Magenta • Regions: ↑Italy, ↑Italian Republic, ↑Italia • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
