napoleonic wars

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 101308849)
    is an instance of: war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
    has:
    • austerlitz, battle of austerlitz - a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian armies of Czar Alexander I and the Austrian armies of Emperor Francis II
    • borodino - Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but irreparably weakened his army
    • battle of hohenlinden, hohenlinden - a battle during the Napoleonic Wars (1800); the French defeated the Austrians
    • battle of jena, jena - the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians
    • marengo - a battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians
    • battle of trafalgar, trafalgar - a naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain; the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the English under Nelson (who was mortally wounded)
    • battle of wagram, wagram - a battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809); Napoleon defeated the Austrians
    • battle of waterloo, waterloo - the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon

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