Napoleonic Wars

Speech parts

1. Napoleonic Wars - Noun

2. Napoleonic Wars - Proper noun

Meaning

a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815

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Synonyms

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Examples

After the British artillery was shown up in the Crimean War as having barely changed since the Napoleonic Wars the industrialist William Armstrong was awarded a contract by the government to design a new piece of artillery. Source: Internet

After the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815), feudalism fell away and liberalism and nationalism clashed with reaction. Source: Internet

A theme in the Wessex Poems is the long shadow that the Napoleonic Wars cast over the nineteenth century, as seen, for example, in "The Sergeant's Song" and "Leipzig". Source: Internet

A short-lived peace was followed by the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars which, when they had ended, had changed Jersey forever. Source: Internet

Attempts by the French to capture the island during the War of Austrian Succession ( 1745 ) and the Napoleonic Wars (1796) ended in failure. Source: Internet

Ask the average well-educated person about the Napoleonic wars and you’ll hear about Waterloo, and perhaps some other battles like Ulm and Austerlitz. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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