Jemappes

American  

[zhuh-map] / ʒəˈmap /

noun

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

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Jemappes British  

/ ʒəmap /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Yet we shall throw them back again, as we did at Wattignes and at Jemappes.

From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by Sage, William

The invasion of the Low Countries began with a great, though somewhat informal and unfruitful success, in the victory of Jemappes.

From The French Revolution by Belloc, Hilaire

I served on the Rhine," said he, briefly, "but I made the campaign of Jemappes, too.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)

On the 8th day after the victory of Jemappes, Dumouriez advanced the French standard to Brussels.

From Louis Philippe Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

We were actually beaten before we fought; we were ruined at Vienna before a shot was fired at Jemappes.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various