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Hohenlinden

[ hoh-uhn-lin-duhn ]

noun

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


Hohenlinden

/ 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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The battle of Hohenlinden, commemorated by Campbell's lyric, was fought Dec. 3, 1800.

The nineteenth century found its welcome in the smoking cannon and crimsoned fields of Hohenlinden.

“I mean it all right,” he muttered, as the car swung in through the great ornamental gates of Hohenlinden.

In the centre there is a little hamlet, of a few miserable huts, called Hohenlinden.

Through storms and freezing gales and drifting snows the armies of Napoleon marched painfully to Hohenlinden.

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