Napoleonic Wars
the intermittent wars (1796–1815) waged by France principally against England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia.
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How to use Napoleonic Wars in a sentence
He went to the British Museum every day and he read books about the Napoleonic Wars.
America’s Cassandra: David Mamet Speaks on the Lies of Obama and War | Lloyd Grove | November 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis 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.
From the North Foreland to Penzance | Clive HollandThe 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."
With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back | Edward P. Lowry
British Dictionary definitions for 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)
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