Revolutionary Wars
Britishplural noun
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Her father, a military commander, is killed by the British Army during the French Revolutionary Wars of the late 18th century, and her mother dies during childbirth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
An expert explains the reasons a technology first used during the French Revolutionary Wars remains so in demand today.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2023
Switzerland nation has not fought in an international war since 1815, when it adopted neutrality at the Congress of Vienna which ended the French Revolutionary Wars.
From Reuters ● May 15, 2022
In late 1791 and early 1792, on the eve of the French Revolutionary Wars, Queen Marie Antoinette engaged in a secret correspondence with her confidant and rumored lover, Swedish Count Axel von Fersen.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 30, 2021
No longer merely feudal levies, but a whole people on either side is gradually involved in this struggle; and its military lessons anticipate, to a certain extent, those of the French Revolutionary Wars.
From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton
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