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 | mil. pol. armée {f} fédérale autrichienne | [Austrian armed forces] | |
| mil. occup. ranger {m} | ranger [Am.] [special forces soldier] | |
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| géogr. hist. pol. Nouvelle-Irlande {f} | New Ireland [Crown colony of Great Britain twice established in modern-day Maine after British forces captured the area during the American Revolutionary Wars] | |
| 3 Words |
| 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] | |
| 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 Chemnitz [1639] | Battle of Chemnitz [1639] [Swedish forces inflicted crushing defeat on the combined Saxon/Imperial forces] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Civetot [1096] | Battle of Civetot [1096] [Seljuk Turks of Anatolia defeated the forces of the People's Crusade] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Hattin [1187] [aussi : bataille des cornes de Hattin ou bataille de Tibériade] | Battle of Hattin [1187] [also: Battle of the Horns of Hattin] [Muslim armies under Saladin captured or killed the vast majority of the Crusader forces, and re-captured Jerusalem] | |
| 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} de Malakoff [1855] | Battle of Malakoff [1855] [French victory against the Russian forces resulted in the fall of Sevastopol, and subsequent end to the Crimean War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Marengo [1800] | Battle of Marengo [1800] [French forces under First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeated and drove the Austrian forces out of Italy, consolidating Napoleon's political position] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Nancy [1477] | Battle of Nancy [in 1477, the final and decisive battle in the Burgundian Wars. The Duke of Burgundy was defeated and killed by Lorraine and Swiss forces (funded by France)] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Rain am Lech [1632] | Battle of Rain [1632] [victory of Swedish army over Catholic League forces] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} des Arapiles [1812] | Battle of Salamanca [1812] [Anglo-Portuguese army defeated French forces at Arapiles, near Salamanca, resulting in French loss of Andulasia & Madrid] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Talavera [1809] | Battle of Talavera [1809] [major battle in the Peninsular War where British & Spanish forces defeated the Napoleonic Army outside Madrid] | |
| hist. mil. pol. siège {m} de Florence [1529 - 1530] | siege of Florence [1529 - 1530] [victory of Habsburg forces] | |
| hist. mil. siège {m} de Toulon [1793] | Siege of Toulon [1793] [Napoleon first won fame in the success by Republican forces against Royalist rebels supported by Anglo-Spanish forces] | |
| 4 Words |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Dessau [1626] | Battle of Dessau Bridge [1626] [Imperial German Catholic forces defeated the Danish Protestant forces] | |
| hist. mil. journée {f} des Harengs [1429] [bataille des harengs] [bataille de Rouvray] | Battle of the Herrings [Battle of Rouvray] [in 1429, part of the siege of Orléans in the 100 Years' War. English forces decisively defeated French forces attempting to intercept a supply convoy.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. seconde bataille {f} de Nördlingen [1645] [aussi : bataille d'Alerheim] | second Battle of Nördlingen [1645] [France and its Protestant German allies defeated the forces of the Holy Roman Empire and its Bavarian ally] [also: Battle of Allerheim] | |
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| hist. mil. bataille {f} de l'Alma [1854] | Battle of the Alma (River) [1854] [battle in the Crimean War where an allied expeditionary (French, British, and Ottoman) forces defeating Russian forces] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Alte Veste [1632] | Battle of the Alte Veste [1632] [victory of Catholic League forces over Swedish army] | |
