Königgrätz
Americannoun
noun
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And there was a period in the course of the colossal struggle of Königgrätz, when to many men it seemed that the wielders of the needle-gun were having the worst of the battle.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald
After suffering several reverses in the north of Bohemia, their chief array under Benedek barred the way of the two northern Prussian armies on the heights north of the town of Königgrätz.
From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland
It was the cannon of Königgrätz which decided the Parliamentary conflict.
From Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire by Headlam, James Wycliffe
In the war with Austria in 1866, the Prussian army defeated the Austrian at Sadowa or Königgrätz in nineteen days after the declaration of war.
From The Navy as a Fighting Machine by Fiske, Bradley A. (Bradley Allen)
He it was who had put into the hands of Prussian soldiers the weapon that won Königgrätz.
From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald
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