Bautzen

American  

[bau-tsuhn] / ˈbaʊ tsən /

noun

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

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Bautzen British  

/ 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)

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Bautzen

In areas like Bautzen, that drops to 51 percent.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2022

And Alexander Ahrens, the mayor of Bautzen, said Saxony has been slow to address its neo-Nazi problem, with previous state leaders reluctant to tackle it.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2022

Tens of thousands have signed manifestos against illegal anti-vaccine demonstrations in cities including Leipzig, Bautzen and Freiberg.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2022

Deutsche Welle reports that police intervened in protests in Rostock and Bautzen, though many of the protests were peaceful.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 18, 2022

On the twenty-fifth, as he passed Bautzen, he learned that Oudinot had been defeated at Luckau; but he gave no heed to the report, and next day reached Dresden at nine in the morning.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane

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