1. a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I; [syn: Magenta, Battle of Magenta]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Battle of Magenta
n 1: a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces
under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis
Joseph I [syn: Magenta, Battle of Magenta]