Königgrätz
Americannoun
noun
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Here are also several historical paintings; prominent among which are "The Battle of Turin," "The Emperor William and the Crown Prince at Königgrätz," and "The Capitulation at Sedan."
From In and Around Berlin by Norton, Minerva Brace
And yet the history of modern warfare records no defeats so swift and complete as those of Königgrätz and Sedan.
From The Navy as a Fighting Machine by Fiske, Bradley A. (Bradley Allen)
After suffering several reverses in the north of Bohemia, their chief array under Benedek barred the way of the two northern Prussian armies on the heights north of the town of Königgrätz.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland
In the war with Austria in 1866, the Prussian army defeated the Austrian at Sadowa or Königgrätz in nineteen days after the declaration of war.
From The Navy as a Fighting Machine by Fiske, Bradley A. (Bradley Allen)
Assisted by the very capable men he was able to find and to retain, he upheld it, and by means of Königgrätz and Sedan created the great German Empire.
From In the World War by Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria, Graf
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