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Wagram

[ vah-grahm ]

noun

  1. a village in NE Austria: Napoleon defeated the Austrians here in 1809.


Wagram

/ ˈvaːɡram /

noun

  1. a village in NE Austria: scene of the defeat of the Austrians by Napoleon in 1809


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That trial unveiled financing links between the Cercle Wagram and the Brise de Mer, a Corsican organized crime group.

At the end of the campaign the Emperor justly rewarded his lieutenant by creating him Prince of Wagram.

It was Massna who commanded at Lobau and made all the arrangements for the crossing before Wagram.

Next morning the hero of Wagram, lame from the effect of a kick from his horse, was summoned before the Emperor.

Napoleon knew full well his weakness, and the reproaches he hurled at him at Wagram were not altogether without ground.

At Wagram, when all seemed lost, Napoleon called on his old comrade to sacrifice himself with his cavalry.

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