Radetzky
Count Jo·seph [yoh-zef], /ˈyoʊ zɛf/, 1766–1858, Austrian field marshal.
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Rather like the way of life it celebrates, The Radetzky March hinges on trivia and bathos more than any real grand gesture.
Radetzky, the Austrian Northern Italy aflame commander-in-chief, proclaimed martial law.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonPreferring the loss of Milan to a possible annihilation of the army, Radetzky fell back upon Verona.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonIn truth, the fate of the Austrian empire now rested on the aged shoulders of Radetzky.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonFearing another reversal of his orders, Radetzky forthwith Radetzky firm threw his army into Venetia.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin Emerson
Radetzky instantly threw himself on the weakly Custozza guarded centre of the long Sardinian line.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin Emerson
British Dictionary definitions for Radetzky
/ (German raˈdɛtski) /
Count Joseph (ˈjoːzɛf). 1766–1858, Austrian field marshal: served in the war against Sardinia (1848–9), winning brilliant victories at Custozza (1848) and Novara (1849): governor of Lombardy-Venetia in N Italy (1849-57)
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