Hohenlinden

American  

[hoh-uhn-lin-duhn] / ˌhoʊ ənˈlɪn dən /

noun

1. a village in S Germany, in Bavaria, near Munich: French victory over the Austrians 1800.

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Hohenlinden British  

/ hoːənˈlɪndən /

noun

1. a village in S Germany, in Bavaria east of Munich: scene of the defeat of the Austrians by the French during the Napoleonic Wars (1800)

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Hohenlinden

Ulm, Ratisbon and Hohenlinden in the South German Basin were all sites of Napoleonic victories against the various coalitions of Austria, Russia and England.

From Time Magazine Archive

Moreau also gained a great victory over the Austrians at Hohenlinden, and Macdonald performed great exploits amid the mountains of the Italian Tyrol.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by John Lord

The Austrians were driven back on Vienna; and on the second of December Moreau crushed their army on the Iser in the victory of Hohenlinden.

From History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 by John Richard Green

What is it that gives to the following line from Campbell's "Battle of Hohenlinden" its almost terrific force, but a single word: "Far flashed the red artillery!"

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various

Austria joined the allies against France, and Moreau, hero of Hohenlinden, and Bernadotte sided against their old leader, Napoleon.

From The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 by Various