Ramillies
a village in central Belgium: Marlborough's defeat of the French 1706.
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The opportunity was much like that which Marlborough saw at Ramillies, and was used with equally decisive effect.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) GeorgeThe victory of Ramillies was followed by the immediate occupation of the whole of Belgium.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) GeorgeIn the completeness of the disorganisation inflicted by defeat, Ramillies has perhaps no superior in modern times except Waterloo.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) GeorgeIn fact the allies had much the same sort of opportunity which Marlborough used with such overwhelming effect at Ramillies.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) GeorgeVery soon all the ships of war parted company, and the Ramillies was left with a few merchantmen only around her.
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British Dictionary definitions for Ramillies
/ (ˈræmɪliːz, French ramiji) /
a village in central Belgium where the Duke of Marlborough defeated the French in 1706
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