Battle of Fontenoy

Battle of Fontenoy
noun
a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland
Syn: ↑Fontenoy
Regions: ↑Belgium, ↑Kingdom of Belgium, ↑Belgique
Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle
Part Holonyms: ↑War of the Austrian Succession

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