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

1 sense of battle of valmy

Sense 1
Valmy, battle of Valmy -- (the French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery))
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)