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 | mil. bataille {f} [combat] | battle | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} d'Aboukir [1798] | Battle of the Nile [1798] [also: Battle of Aboukir Bay] [decisive naval battle - after Napoleon landed his army, Nelson destroyed the French fleet, trapping the French army in Egypt] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Abrittus [251] [aussi : bataille du forum Terebronii] | Battle of Abritus [251] [also: Battle of Forum Terebronii] [heavy defeat of Roman army by federation of Goths and Scyths] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Alcántara [1580] | Battle of Alcântara [1580] [Habsburg victory in war of Portuguese succession] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Amiens [1918] | Battle of Amiens [1918] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Amiens [1918] | Third Battle of Picardy [1918] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Andrinople [378] [aussi : bataille d'Adrianople ; aujourd'hui Edirne en Turquie européenne] | Battle of Adrianople [378] [also: Battle of Hadrianopolis] [overwhelming victory of the Goths over the Eastern Roman Empire] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Antietam [1862] [aussi : bataille de Sharpsburg] | Battle of Antietam [1862] [also: Battle of Sharpsburg] [Union victory] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Assandun [1016] | Battle of Assandun [1016] [also: Battle of Essendune] [Danish victory concluding their conquest of England] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Audenarde [1708] | Battle of Oudenarde [1708] [also: Battle of Oudenaarde] [great victory for the Grand Alliance over France in the War of the Spanish Succession] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Auerstaedt [1806] | Battle of Auerstedt [1806] [in the two battles of Jena & Auerstedt, fought on the same day, Napoleon's army decisively defeated the Prussian Army under King Frederick William III] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Austerlitz [1805] | Battle of Austerlitz [1805] [also: Battle of the Three Emperors] [Napoleon defeated the larger combined Russian/Austrian Armies, bringing the War of the 3rd Coalition to an end] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Ayacucho [1824] | Battle of Ayacucho [1824] [secured the independence of Peru and ensured independence for the rest of South America] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Azincourt [1415] | Battle of Agincourt [in 1415 English forces under King Henry V defeated numerically superior French forces in this important battle in the 100 Years' War] | |
| bataille {f} d'eau | (water) hose fight | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Hastings [1066] | Battle of Hastings [1066] [successful Norman invasion of England] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Iéna [1806] | Battle of Jena [1806] [in the two battles of Jena & Auerstedt, fought on the same day, Napoleon's army decisively defeated the Prussian Army under King Frederick William III] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Inkerman [1854] | Battle of Inkerman [1854] [the Allies decisively defeated the Imperial Russian Army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Issos [333 av. J.-C.] | Battle of Issus [333 BC] [also: Battle of Issos] [Macedonian troops, under Alexander the Great, defeated the Persian forces] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Okinawa [1945] | Battle of Okinawa [1945] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Oldendorf [1633] | Battle of Oldendorf [1633] [victory of Swedish Army and allies over Holy Roman army] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Othée [1408] | Battle of Othée [in 1408 the militia and citizens of Liège suffered a heavy defeat against a professional army under John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy.] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Ulm [1805] | Battle of Ulm [1805] [decisive battle where Napoleon trapped and forced the surrender of an entire Austrian Army] | |
| mil. bataille {f} décisive | deciding battle | |
| mil. bataille {f} décisive | decisive battle | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille d'Edington {noun} [878] | Battle of Edington [878] [also: Battle of Ethandun] [Saxon army under Alfred the Great defeated the Great Heathen Army] | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| mil. livrer bataille (à qn./qc.) | to do battle (with sb./sth.) | |
| livrer une bataille | to fight a battle | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Aïn Djalout [1260] | Battle of Ain Jalut [1260] [also: Battle of Ayn Jalut] [Mamluks of Egypt defeated the Mongol Empire] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'al-Qadisiyya [636] | Battle of al-Qadisiyyah [636] [decisive victory for the Rashidun Caliphate against the Sasanian Empire (Muslim conquest of Persia)] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Alte Veste [1632] | Battle of the Alte Veste [1632] [victory of Catholic League forces over Swedish army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Aspern-Essling [1809] [aussi : bataille d'Essling ou bataille d'Aspern] | Battle of Aspern-Essling [1809] [Napoleon occupying Vienna, tried to cross the Danube. The Austrian army drove the French army back with heavy losses. This was Napoleon's 1st personal defeat] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Iwo Jima [1945] | Battle of Iwo Jima [1945] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Bagdad [1258] | siege of Baghdad [1258] [Mongol Empire defeated the Abbasid Caliphate and annexed Mesopotamia] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Balaklava [1854] | Battle of Balaclava [1854] [part of the Crimean War, with the Allies successfully but not decisively defeating the Russians] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Bannockburn [1314] [écrasante victoire de l'armée écossaise sur les troupes anglaises] | Battle of Bannockburn [1314] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Bassano [1796] | Battle of Bassano [1796] [French army victory over Austrian army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Bénévent [275 av. J.-C.] [aussi : bataille de Beneventum] | Battle of Beneventum [275 BC] [victory of Roman Republic over Pyrrhus] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Bibracte [58 av. J.-C.] | Battle of Bibracte [58 BC] [Roman army defeated the Helvetii] | |
| hist. mil. Bataille {f} de Bouvines [1214] | Battle of Bouvines [the concluding battle of the Anglo-French War of 1213–1214.A French army under King Philip Augustus defeated an Allied army under Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Brouwershaven [1426] | Battle of Brouwershaven [in 1426, was part of the (1345-1490) wars over control of the Low Countries and resulted in victory for the Duke of Burgundy against mainly English forces] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Buçaco [1810] | Battle of Buçaco [1810] [also: Battle of Bussaco] [major battle in the Portuguese mountains, which resulted in the defeat of French forces by Lord Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Cambrai [1917] | (First) Battle of Cambrai [1917] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Cannes [216 av. J.-C.] | Battle of Cannae [216 BC] [Hannibal's Carthaginian army heavily defeated the Roman army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Cantigny [1918] | Battle of Cantigny [1918] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Castillon [1453] | Battle of Castillon [decisive French victory in 1453 against England marked the end of the 100 Years' War. Considered the first major battle won through the extensive use of field artillery] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Chancellorsville [1863] | Battle of Chancellorsville [1863] [Confederate victory] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Chemnitz [1639] | Battle of Chemnitz [1639] [Swedish forces inflicted crushing defeat on the combined Saxon/Imperial forces] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Chickamauga [1863] | Battle of Chickamauga [1863] [Confederate victory] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Civetot [1096] | Battle of Civetot [1096] [Seljuk Turks of Anatolia defeated the forces of the People's Crusade] | |
