Sadowa
Americannoun
noun
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An amazed Reichstager groaned as he beheld, in the place of a bust of Field Marshal Moltke, the victor of Sadowa and Sedan,* a bust of Friedrich Ebert, first President of the German Republic.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Prussian victory over Austria at Sadowa had startled Europe like a thunderclap.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John
Twice, since I was here before, she has had a terrible humiliation—in 1859 and in 1866—at Solferino and at Sadowa.
From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)
Scarcely was it announced before a mighty army marched into Bohemia, and the battle of Sadowa, the greatest in Europe since Waterloo, ended the campaign.
From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)
Then came the third of July, the day of Sadowa.
From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Schubin, Ossip
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