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Hohenlinden

noun

A town in Bavaria (near Munich).

A battle during the Napoleonic Wars (1800); the French defeated the Austrians. Synonym: battle of Hohenlinden.

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"Hohenlinden" Quotes from Famous Books

... Another armistice was purchased by him for the short space of forty-five days, by the delivery of Philipsburg, Ulm, and Ingoldstadt; and when this period expired, late as the season was, both parties took the field. The contest was soon decided. On the 2nd of December a battle was fought at Hohenlinden, between the rivers Iser and Inn, in which the Austrians, under Archduke John, were utterly defeated. Moreau advancing occupied Saltzburg; and the road to Vienna was not only open to his army, but also to ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. - From George III. to Victoria • E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

... French at Hohenlinden in December of the same year brought Austria to terms, and she agreed to conclude a separate peace with the French republic. This was the beginning of a general pacification. During the year 1801 treaties were signed with all the powers with which France ...

— An Introduction to the History of Western Europe • James Harvey Robinson

... which every newspaper filled its Poet's Corner, good poems which else might have hid their little light under a bushel—Campbell's "Hohenlinden," Mrs. Hemans' "Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers," Hunt's "Abou ben Adhem," Hood's "The Song of the Shirt," and many others—are now as widely known as are the best works ...

— Outlines of English and American Literature • William J. Long

... sacred ground. The vegetation is rank with the blood of gallant invaders, and of no less gallant patriots. In the words of Campbell's 'Hohenlinden' - ...

— Prose Idylls • Charles Kingsley

... fresh defeats had reached Vienna; more disasters had befallen the army, and the great victory of Marengo had been followed, on the 3rd of December, 1800, by the battle of Hohenlinden, in which Moreau defeated the Austrians under Archduke John. Even Thugut, the immovable and constant prime minister, felt alarmed at so many calamities, and he was generally in a ...

— LOUISA OF PRUSSIA AND HER TIMES • Louise Muhlbach