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Ivry

noun

A battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne. Synonyms: battle of Ivry, Ivry la Bataille.

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... a state of wild enthusiasm all this afternoon. At about 1 o'clock it was rumoured that 20,000 Prussians and 40 cannon had been taken. There had been a heavy firing, it was said, this morning, and a Prussian force had approached near the forts of Ivry and Bicetre. General Vinoy had issued forth from Vincennes, and, getting behind them, had forced them under the guns of the forts, where they were taken prisoners. The Boulevards immediately were crowded; here a person announcing that he had a despatch from the front, ...

— Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris • Henry Labouchere

... IVRY, a village in the dep. of Eure, NE. of Dreux, famous for the victory of Henry of Navarre over ...

— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

Words linked to "Ivry" : battle of Ivry, French Republic, Ivry la Bataille, France, pitched battle