Trebbia

[ treb-byah ]

noun

1. a river in N Italy, flowing N into the Po at Piacenza: Romans defeated by Hannibal near here 218 b.c. 70 miles (113 km) long.

Example Sentences

During the three days' fighting on the Trebbia the French had lost a third of their men and nearly all their officers.

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Macdonald wished to fight without Moreau; he crossed the Trebbia, attacked the enemy, was defeated and retreated to Modena.

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Returning swiftly from the battlefield of the Trebbia, he began to drive back Moreau to the Riviera.

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Thus the battle of the Trebbia (June 17-19) was fought by both sides in the spirit of the offensive.

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