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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.


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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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

The Marquis had read in a newspaper that a Simon Fougère carried the orders of the day at the battle of Hohenlinden.

From The Son of Monte-Cristo by Jules Lermina

Illustration, from Campbell's Hohenlinden, of the Influence of the Imitative Faculty on the Imagination.

From Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race by Arthur James Johnes

The archduke Charles’s victories of 1796 were more than counterbalanced by Bonaparte’s Italian campaign, and the temporary success of 1799 ended at Marengo and Hohenlinden.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

I remained six weeks at Finckmatt, and would probably have received the ball and chain, if we had not had to cross the Rhine to Hohenlinden.

From The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian

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