Bautzen

American  

[bou-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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Example Sentences

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

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

In Bautzen, further east, some participants of a 600-strong march attempted to break through a police cordon.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2022

The gazette, which was from France, spoke of an armistice, after two new victories at Bautzen and Wurtschen.

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