Napoleonic Wars

plural noun

the intermittent wars (1796–1815) waged by France principally against England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia.

Napoleonic Wars

the series of wars fought between France, under Napoleon Bonaparte, and (principally) Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, and Austria either alone or in alliances (1799–1815)

He went to the British Museum every day and he read books about the Napoleonic Wars.

This condition of affairs lasted till the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

Cowes was destined to become a shipbuilding port of some consequence in the days just prior to and during the Napoleonic Wars.

The Napoleonic Wars put an end to the office of doge at Genoa.

In more modern days its banks were the scenes of many bloody battles during the Napoleonic Wars.

In our Napoleonic wars the favourite command alike on land and sea was, "Engage the enemy more closely."

April 19, 2024tortuous

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