Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun soissons

1 sense of soissons

Sense 1
Soissons, battle of Soissons-Reims, battle of the Chemin-des-Dames, battle of the Aisne -- (a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)