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Technically it was a victory for the British, who attacked the patriot fortifications -- but a Pyrrhic victory if ever there was: out of 2,200 British soldiers 1,034 were killed or wounded, including one in nine of all the officers the British lost in the whole war.
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Pyrrhic victory - Definition of Pyrrhic victory at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Pyrrhic victory. Look it up now! ... Pyrrhic Victory; A victory or success that comes at the expense of great losses or costs. In business, examples of such a victory could be succeeding...
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Pyrrhic victory - the meaning and origin of this phrase. ... The phrase 'pyrrhic victory' is an allusion to the battle. John Dryden's translation of Plutarch's Pyrrhus, 75 AD reports that:
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The devastation led to his famous statement, "One more such victory and I am lost" -- hence the term "Pyrrhic victory" for any victory so costly as to be ruinous.
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Special editorial, December 19, 2009. ... That fine reference work defines a Pyrrhic victory as "a victory with devastating cost to the victor." It also provides this quotation from Plutarch's Life of Pyrrhus, describing the aftermath of the battle of Asculum in 279 BCE:
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"Pyrrhus had a prestigious place reserved in our world-renowned reference book for centuries," said Smytheton, "all for just presiding over one military victory that was more costly than beneficial.
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