‖ Grande Armée
(grɑ̃darme)
[Fr.]
Napoleon's main army, from the campaign of 1805 to that of 1814.
| 1844 W. Siborne Hist. War France & Belgium I. ii. 20 The renowned ‘grande armée’ of Imperial France. 1896 G. A. Henty Through Russian Snows vii. 142 All believed that the Grande Armée would be invincible. 1942 C. Oman Britain against Napoleon x. 302 Her army could not compare in numbers with the Grande Armée. 1958 Listener 18 Sept. 441/2 A son of an officer of the Grande Armée. 1969 Times 31 May 17/6 When the Emperor got back to Paris in December, 1812, he organized a new Grande Armée. |