A fight at Châtillon on October 12 was followed on the morrow by a more serious action at Bagneux, on the verge of the Châtillon plateau.
Duorot soon realized that it was useless to prolong the encounter, and after spiking the guns set up in the Châtillon redoubt, he retired under the protection of the Forts of Vanves and Montrouge.
The position which the French troops in possession of Châtillon had to carry was formed by the plateau seen on the horizon, along which passes D.
They in their turn looked at us with interest as we entered, and on seeing mademoiselle the lady looked as if she knew her, and seemed as if she were about to speak, but Châtillon said something in a low voice which restrained her.
For the simple reason that the house of Châtillon has become wise over D'Andelot's affair, and will not set foot in Paris.
Ménorval tells me that the old fox of Châtillon got off, though with a singed tail.
Here we behold the beautiful Duchess de Châtillon at twenty-five or twenty-six, and very nearly such as she has taken care to describe herself in the Divers Portraits of Mademoiselle de Montpensier.
Madame de Châtillon was not contented with carrying off the giddy and inconstant Duke de Nemours from his new love, then absent; she exacted at his hands the public and outrageous sacrifice of her rival.
It was not very difficult for him to direct Madame de Châtillon how to manage Condé and Nemours both at once, and to contrive in such a way that she might secure them both.
Among the different motives which rendered Condé averse to civil war, the passion that he had just begun to feel for the Duchess de Châtillon must not be forgotten.
Madame de Châtillon had her reasons of more than one kind for being opposed to the war, and in the intimate counsels of the Prince she urged him to an understanding with the Court.
Madame de Châtillon desired singly to govern Condé, and alone to represent him at Court, in order to reap the profits of the negotiation.
To beauty, Madame de Châtillon added great intelligence, but an intelligence wholly devoted to intrigue.
Besides Nemours has not himself spoken, but Madame de Châtillon and Rochefoucauld, who have attributed to him certain sentiments, and we know with what motive.
Madame de Châtillon and Madame de Longueville had been brought up together, and very much attached during the whole of their early youth.
Still, the Austrian statesman was for concluding peace with Napoleon as soon as might be, though he confessed in his private letters that peace did not depend on the Châtillon parleys.
His private intercourse at Châtillon with the British plenipotentiaries was frank and friendly, as also with Stadion.
The courier who carried these proposals from Rheims to Châtillon was twice detained by the Russians, and had not reached the town when the Congress came to an end (March 19th).
The negotiations at Châtillon had ended on March 19th, that is, nine days later than had been originally fixed by the allies.
In fact, while the plenipotentiaries at Châtillon were exchanging empty demands, a most important compact was taking form at Chaumont: it was dated from the 1st of March, but definitively signed on the 9th.
The Congress of Châtillon opened on February 5th, and on that day Castlereagh gained his point, that questions about our maritime code should be completely banished from the discussions.
Condé drew up another paper, assuming the entire responsibility for all the acts of the Châtillon brothers during the war: "Acte par lequel M.
Since 1851 it has been resting in its new tomb under the ruins of that part of the castle of Châtillon where Coligny was probably born.
The King of Navarre persists in the house of Châtillon retiring from the court, and it is believed the Queen of Navarre, and they, will not tarry long there.
The Prince, finding the Queen of Navarre and the house of Châtillon ready to leave the court, fell again dangerously sick.
Cardinal Santa Croce, the papal nuncio, claims the fulfilment of her promise to surrender Cardinal Châtillon to the Pope, ii.
Catharine de' Medici, when Santa Croce demands the surrender of Cardinal Châtillon to the Pope, ii.
She invited a conference with the Cardinal of Châtillon and other Protestant leaders, and herself went so far as Châlons to meet them.
Happening to come near Admiral Coligny, he looked with curious and admiring gaze upon the warrior whose virtues and abilities had combined to raise the house of Châtillon to its present distinction.
Others had either the conceit or ignorance to assume the armorial bearings of the famous and noble family of Châtillon of France, which historical race became extinct in 1762.
This time the three remaining riders, evidently believing they had done enough to mislead any one who might be following, had kept straight on through Châtillon and taken the road to Neuville.
He rejoiced over the Bishop of Verdun's projected monument to Jeanne, and I sent him to Châtillon by telling him that the statue of Urban II.
The country parish of Châtillon was in need of workers, was the answer; let him go there and exercise his zeal for souls.
Confraternities of charity like that of Châtillon were established on all the de Gondi estates, Madame de Gondi herself setting the example of what a perfect Lady of Charity should be.
There lived near Châtillon a certain Count de Rougemont, a noted duelist, whose violence and immorality were the talk of the neighborhood.
Châtillon has perpetuated the name of its great man in the public place, and also by naming one of the principal streets for him, but has not yet erected a statue to him.
Midway between Châtillon and the source is Duesme, a smug, unheard of little hamlet, the successor of a feudal bourg of great renown in its day.
The present edifice at Châtillon occupied by the Sous-Préfecture was built, as a plaque on the wall indicates, by Madame la Comtesse de Langeac in 1765.
Albeit that Châtillon lies on the banks of the Seine it is well within the confines of Burgundy.
The conference was held in the admiral’s château at Châtillon under the outward guise of a banquet.
Some of them were captured by the King’s forces in a skirmish near Châtillon between the duke of Nevers and Montgomery, and broken upon the wheel.
The ancient and bitter grudge of the Guises against the Montmorency-Châtillon house, half of which had been paid in the murder of the admiral, narrowly missed being sated at this hour.
Across the Channel the cardinal of Châtillon did all he could to secure the support of the English queen for the Huguenots (ibid.
This regulation eliminated some of the leaders of both parties, the cardinal of Lorraine on the one hand and the cardinal de Châtillon on the other, to the discomfiture of both parties.
The cardinal Châtillon was the Huguenot agent in England (see ibid.
Rumor prevailed that D’Andelot, the third of the famous Châtillon brothers, was to be dismissed from the command of the footmen and the place be given to the count de Rochefoucauld.
Montretout and Châtillon had been taken, the Zouaves had disgraced themselves, and we were utterly cut off from the world.
At the sortie of Châtillon he had discovered one of our corps bringing in to the wagons at the risk of his life a huge pumpkin.
Breidel had led his men into the town, and they were rushing through the streets to where Châtillon had taken up his quarters, while De Coninck, having passed through the Porte Ste.
The cardinal, jealous of the houses of Châtillon and Montmorency, promptly reported to the king the story of D'Andelot's defection from the faith.
The Cardinals of Bourbon and Châtillon shook hands with him.
The most trifling concession would be sufficient to secure the scion of the powerful families of Châtillon and Montmorency.
The Hôtel de Châtillon and the Louvre have ears and my house is my fortress, mes garçons, where all obey me.
The publicity of an audience at the Hôtel de Châtillon could thus be avoided and M.
Forthwith all kinds of rumours filled the air--Châtillon had brought great coils of rope to hang the chief citizens, there was to be a general massacre of Clauwaerts not even the women and children were to be spared.
Amongst them note the authors of all the mischief, Jacques de Châtillon and Chancellor Flotte.
Meanwhile Châtillon had brought to Paris the news of the Bruges massacre, and by the end of June Philippe had gathered together an army to be wondered at.
Thanks to their good offices an arrangement was effected, and next day De Châtillon and his knights rode into the city at the same moment that De Coninck and his friends left it.
Indeed, if he had refused to do so he would have fallen a victim to their fury--and two days later Châtillon marched in.
On the 16th they were fighting in Champigneulle on the west of St. Georges, and holding the Châtillon Hill on the south of Landres.
On the 16th, the Americans took the Hill of Châtillon and the village of Champigneulle, while on the following day they were definitely masters of Grandpré.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tillon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
