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Sadowa

American  
[sah-daw-vah] / ˈsɑ dɔˌvɑ /

noun

  1. a village in NE Bohemia, in the W Czech Republic: Prussian victory over Austrians 1866.


Sadowa British  
/ ˈsɑːdəʊvə /

noun

  1. Czech name: Sadová.  a village in the Czech Republic, in NE Bohemia: scene of the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian war (1866) in which the Austrians were defeated by the Prussians

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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

He also had taken part in the campaign, but a very trifling part, and described the battle of Sadowa with charming flippancy, while he added, "Pity that it turned out so badly."

From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Ossip Schubin

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

Then came the third of July, the day of Sadowa.

From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Ossip Schubin

Sadowa, the glory of Prussia, freed Venice, and the Italian nation asks no veil to hide this dishonor.

From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Giuseppe Garibaldi

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