Campo Formio

American

[kahm-paw fawr-myaw] / ˈkɑm pɔ ˈfɔr mjɔ /

noun

a village in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in NE Italy, NW of Trieste: treaty between Austria and France 1797.

Campo Formio British

/ ˈkampo ˈfɔrmjo /

noun

Modern name: Campoformido. a village in NE Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: scene of the signing of a treaty in 1797 that ended the war between revolutionary France and Austria

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Campo Formio

Cobenzel later negotiated with Napoleon, then only a general, in his apartments at Campo Formio, for peace between Austria and France.

From Time Magazine Archive

According to the terms of the peace of Campo Formio, the Republic was divided between France and Austria and the Ionian isles went to France.

From Time Magazine Archive

The next day at five o'clock the treaty of Campo Formio was signed.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various

While Pitt pursued that will o' the wisp, a money-bought peace, the Corsican was bullying the Austrian negotiators at Udine and Campo Formio.

From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose

During these discussions at Campo Formio, every possible endeavor was made which the most delicate ingenuity could devise, to influence Napoleon in his decisions by personal considerations.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various

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