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Battle of Fontenoy

noun
1.
A battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland.  Synonym: Fontenoy.





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... was present as an army chaplain at the battle of Fontenoy, in which he very nearly took an active part, but was so laden with valuables left in his care by officers, that he was compelled to refrain and be content to remain a non-combatant, and remove his treasures ...
— Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury - A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum • Gleeson White


Words linked to "Battle of Fontenoy" :   Belgium, Fontenoy, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique, pitched battle, War of the Austrian Succession


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