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Solferino

noun

A pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino. Synonym: purplish pink.

An indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I. Synonym: battle of Solferino.

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"Solferino" Quotes from Famous Books

... Ferdinand, there were Frenchmen still living who had vivid memories of three bloody campaigns. Some could remember the Crimean War. More could recall the Italian War of 1859, which brought the delirious news of the victory of Magenta, and closed with Solferino, and the triumphant march home through the Place de la Bastille, and down the Rue de la Paix. And vast numbers were still alive who could remember 1870, when the Emperor was defeated at Worth and conquered at Sedan; ...

— The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days - Scenes In The Great War - 1915 • Hall Caine

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... picked French troops, the Chasseurs de Vincennes and the Zouaves, with these Austrian soldiers; and without any scientific knowledge of strategy, I understood in a flash the battles of Magenta and Solferino. For the present I learned that Milan was already in a state of seige and was almost completely barred to foreigners. As I had determined to seek my summer refuge in Switzerland on the Lake of Lucerne, this news accelerated my ...

— My Life, Volume II • Richard Wagner

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Words linked to "Solferino" : battle of Solferino, pink, Italy, purplish pink, Italia, Italian Republic, pitched battle