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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

On July 8th the first news of the battle of Sadowa arrived in Frankfort.

From The Prussian Terror by Dumas, Alexandre

The victory of Prussians over Austrians at Sadowa in 1866 was called the victory of the elementary school teacher.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John

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 Garibaldi, Giuseppe

The Austrians were disastrously defeated in the terrific battle of Sadowa or K�nigsr�tz, and Bismarck was thus nearer to the formation of German Unity under Prussia.

From The Prussian Terror by Dumas, Alexandre