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Ratisbon

American  
[rat-is-bon, -iz-] / ˈræt ɪsˌbɒn, -ɪz- /

noun

  1. Regensburg.


Ratisbon British  
/ ˈrætɪzˌbɒn /

noun

  1. the former English name for Regensburg

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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.

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He was the only one of his staff who knew that captured Regensburg was the Ratisbon of Napoleonic fame.

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Regensburg, the Ratisbon where Napoleon won a battle and a wound in the heel; Augsburg, 95 miles from the Brenner Pass; Bremen in the north, Germany's second largest seaport, all fell within the week.

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In the best Ratisbon tradition, he came back, managed to land in Rightist territory with photographs intact, died still at the controls.

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Donauwerth 281   The Ratisbon proclamation, and first successes of    the campaign up to April 23rd 281-282 No. 2.

From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Hall, Henry Foljambe