Ratisbon
Americannoun
noun
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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
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