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Definition of Rossbach
1. Noun. A battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria.
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Group relationships: Seven Years' War
Geographical relationships: Deutschland, Federal Republic Of Germany, Frg, Germany
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rossbach
Literary usage of Rossbach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"Nor did the French at Rossbach forfeit their old reputation for bravery.
One company of the Piedmont regiment was nearly wiped out by Prussian grape-shot. ..."
2. Northern Germany, as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: Handbook by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1893)
"At Rossbach, 5 M. to the W., Frederick the Great with 22000 Prussians signally
defeated 60000 French and their German allies under Soubise, on 5th Nov., ..."
3. Northern Germany, as Far as the Bavarian and Austrian Frontiers: AS FAR AS by Karl Baedeker, Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1893)
"At Rossbach, 5 M. to the W., Frederick the Great with 22000 Prussians signally
defeated 60000 French and their German allies under Soubise, on 5th Nov., ..."
4. France Under Louis XV by James Breck Perkins (1897)
"Finding their position too strong, he stationed himself at Rossbach, a little
village near by. Encouraged by the belief that Frederick was retreating, ..."
5. France Under Louis XV by James Breck Perkins (1897)
"Finding their position too strong, he stationed himself at Rossbach, a little
village near by. Encouraged by the belief that Frederick was retreating, ..."
6. Military Studies by Frederic Louis Huidekoper (1904)
"Napoleon commented on Rossbach as follows:1 ''The result of the battle of ...
"At the battle of Rossbach the Prince of Soubise imagined that he wished to ..."
7. A History of Germany: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Friedrich Kohlrausch (1844)
"After various marches and counter-marches he at length came up with them and the
imperial army on the 5th of November, in the village of Rossbach, ..."
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