 | French  | English |  |
 | décisif {adj} [bataille] | critical |  |
 | violent {adj} [tempête, bataille] | fierce [storm, battle] |  |
Verbs |
 | entamer qc. [collaboration, bataille, entretien] | to enter into sth. [start] |  |
Nouns |
 | mêlée {f} [bataille, cohue] | mêlée |  |
 | mil. paroxysme {m} [de bataille] | climax [battle] |  |
 | mil. pol. prolongation {f} [de trêve, bataille] | continuation |  |
2 Words |
 | âprement mené {adj} {past-p} [bataille] | hard-fought [battle] |  |
 | faire rage [épidémie, incendie, tempête, bataille] | to rage |  |
3 Words |
 | hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Aspern-Essling [1809] [aussi : bataille d'Essling ou bataille d'Aspern] | Battle of Aspern-Essling [1809] [Napoleon occupying Vienna, tried to cross the Danube. The Austrian army drove the French army back with heavy losses. This was Napoleon's 1st personal defeat] |  |
 | hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Hattin [1187] [aussi : bataille des cornes de Hattin ou bataille de Tibériade] | Battle of Hattin [1187] [also: Battle of the Horns of Hattin] [Muslim armies under Saladin captured or killed the vast majority of the Crusader forces, and re-captured Jerusalem] |  |
 | hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Hochstett [1704] [aussi : bataille de Blenheim ou deuxième bataille de Höchstädt] | Battle of Blenheim [1704] [major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession when the overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army] |  |
 | géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Krasnoï [1812] [ou bataille de Krasnoje] | Battle of Krasnoi [1812] [also Battle of Krasny] [fought during the final stage of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. The Russians inflicted heavy losses on the remnants of the Grande Armee] |  |
 | hist. mil. bataille {f} de Ligny [1815] [aussi : bataille de Fleurus] | Battle of Ligny [1815] [the last victory for Napoleon; the French army defeat of the Prussian army was not decisive] |  |
 | hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Peterwardein [1716] [auusi : bataille de Petrovaradin] | Battle of Petrovaradin [1716] [also: Battle of Peterwardein] [major victory of Habsburgs over the Ottomans during the Austro-Turkish War] |  |
 | hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Ratisbonne [1809] [aussi : bataille de Regensburg] | Battle of Ratisbon [1809] [also: Battle of Regensburg] [final battle in Bavaria, Napoleon forced the Austrian army to retreat into Bohemia, leaving the way open for Napoleon to enter Vienna] |  |
 | hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Valmy [1792] [aussi : bataille ou affaire du camp de la Lune] | Battle of Valmy [1792] [also: Cannonade of Valmy] [first major victory by the army of France during the Revolutionary Wars, preventing the Prussian Army marching on Paris] |  |
 | hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Waterloo [1815] [aussi : bataille de Mont-Saint-Jean ou Victoire de la Belle-Alliance] | Battle of Waterloo [1815] [Napoleon's French army was decisively defeated by the combined Anglo-Allied and Prussian armies, marking the final end of the Napoleonic Wars] |  |
 | géogr. hist. mil. bataille {m} de Bailén [1808] [aussi : bataille de Baylen] | Battle of Bailén [1808] [the first open-field defeat of a Napoleonic army - by the Spanish Army of Andalusia] |  |
 | géogr. hist. mil. bataille {m} de Leipzig [1813] [aussi : bataille de Leipsick ou bataille des Nations] | Battle of Leipzig [1813] [also: Battle of the Nations] [Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia decisively defeated the Grande Armée of Napoleon] |  |
 | hist. mil. journée {f} des Harengs [1429] [bataille des harengs] [bataille de Rouvray] | Battle of the Herrings [Battle of Rouvray] [in 1429, part of the siege of Orléans in the 100 Years' War. English forces decisively defeated French forces attempting to intercept a supply convoy.] |  |
4 Words |
 | mil. perdre bataille sur bataille | to lose battle after battle |  |
 | géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de la Bérézina [1812] [aussi : passage de la Bérézina ou bataille de Borissov] | Battle of (the) Berezina [1812] [also: Battle of Beresina] [final conflict in Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. The Russians inflicted heavy losses on the French but the outcome was not decisive] |  |
 | géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de la Moskova [1812] [aussi : bataille de la Moskowa ou bataille de Borodino] | Battle of Borodino [1812] [2nd major battle during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The Grande Armée won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army, but failed to gain a decisive victory] |  |
5+ Words |
 | hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de la baie de Manille [1898] [aussi : bataille de Cavite] | Battle of Manila Bay [1898] [first major engagement of the Spanish–American War, ending the Spanish colonial period in Philippine history] [also: Battle of Cavite] |  |
 | géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} du Chant de Merles [1389] [bataille de Kosovo Polje] | Battle of Kosovo [1389] [Ottoman army defeated Christian army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović led by ] |  |