Bautzen

[ bou-tsuhn ]

noun

1. a city in E Germany, on the Spree River: scene of defeat of Prussian and Russian armies by Napoleon I, 1813.

Bautzen

/ ˈbaʊtsən /

noun

1. a town in E Germany, in Saxony: site of an indecisive battle in 1813 between Napoleon's army and an allied army of Russians and Prussians. Pop: 42 160 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Reaches Bautzen on those terms;—and is warned that his Brother will be there in a day or two.

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Bevern has his provender at Dresden, sadly far off; has to hold Bautzen garrisoned, and gets much trouble with his convoys.

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After the battle of Bautzen he was created by Napoleon a count of the empire.

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We must therefore reckon the Battle of Borodino as amongst battles, like Bautzen, left unfinished.

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For about three centuries it was called Baudissin (Bautzen), from the name of its principal fortress.

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