battle of Austerlitz

battle of Austerlitz
noun
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
Syn: ↑Austerlitz
Regions: ↑Austerlitz
Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle
Part Holonyms: ↑Napoleonic Wars

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