Sedan, Battle of
/sɪˈdæn/- a battle fought in 1870 near the town of Sedan in NE France, in which the Prussian army defeated a smaller French army under Napoleon III, opening the way for a Prussian advance on Paris and marking the end of the French Second Empire色当战役（1870年在法国东北部色当附近进行的一次战役; 普鲁士军队打败了拿破仑三世率领的人数较少的法国军队, 为普鲁士进军巴黎开辟了道路, 标志着法兰西第二帝国的结束）。