Jemappes

[ French zhuh-map ]

/ French ʒəˈmap /

noun

a town in SW Belgium, near Mons: French victory over Austrians 1792.

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The blowing up of the Jemappes bridge gave a lot of trouble.

The First Seven Divisions |Ernest W. Hamilton
The invasion of the Low Countries began with a great, though somewhat informal and unfruitful success, in the victory of Jemappes.

The French Revolution |Hilaire Belloc
Dumouriez had only a few thousand men more than his opponent, instead of the enormous superiority he had had at Jemappes.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 |Various
That which marched against Mons fled as soon as they came in sight of the Austrians near Jemappes.

Private letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2) |Edward Gibbon

No opposition was made, and the prince marching rapidly to the plateau of Jemappes, invested Mons on the French side.

The Cornet of Horse |G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for jemappes

Jemappes

/ (French ʒəmap) /

noun

a town in SW Belgium, in Hainaut province west of Mons: scene of a battle (1792) during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which the French defeated the Austrians

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