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
Benedek occupied a strong position on a range of low hills beyond the little river Bistritz, with the village of Sadowa as his centre.
From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Bayard Taylor
The crushing Prussian victory at Sadowa, however, forced Austria to accept the victor's terms, including the cession of Venice.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
The author, who has spent twenty years on American debates and newspapers, began during the pause between Sadowa and Wörth, when Germany was in the throes of political concentration that made the empire.
From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton
One of the results of Sadowa was the further consolidation of the Italian kingdom by the transfer of Venetia.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by John Morley
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