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Wagram

noun
1.
A town in northeastern Austria.
2.
A battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809); Napoleon defeated the Austrians.  Synonym: battle of Wagram.





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"Wagram" Quotes from Famous Books



... abdicated the throne of Holland in favor of his son. He had not enjoyed his reign, and he retired in an ill humor, which was not without some excuse. His career had been a worthy one; he had been a soldier in the field from his twenty-first year till the battle of Wagram in 1809, when he was near forty; after that he dwelt in retirement in Berlin until he was called to the throne of the Netherlands. At that time he had exchanged his German possessions for the grand duchy of Luxemburg; and was therefore ...
— Holland - The History of the Netherlands • Thomas Colley Grattan
... execute the statue of my father, and I could be of great use to him and help him to succeed in the work; for Madame Montcornet cannot lend him, as I can, a miniature by Sain, a beautiful thing done in 1809, before the Wagram Campaign, and given to my poor mother—Montcornet when he was young ...
— Poor Relations • Honore de Balzac
... in columns on the centre and one extremity at the same time, is better suited than either of the preceding for attacking a strong contiguous line. Napoleon employed this order at Wagram, Ligny, Bautzen, ...
— Elements of Military Art and Science • Henry Wager Halleck
... and Austria. Battles of Asperne and Wagram. Peace granted to Austria. Lord Wellington's victory of ...
— The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World From Marathon to Waterloo • Sir Edward Creasy, M.A.
... the star of this "man of destiny" shine in glorious splendor at Maringo, Wagram, Austerlitz, Jena, Leipsic and Ulm, and then as First Consul and Emperor, sweeping with his unconquerable columns over the sands of Egypt and snows of Russia, until at last the fires and smoke of Moscow bedimmed ...
— Shakspere, Personal Recollections • John A. Joyce


Words linked to "Wagram" :   Austria, Republic of Austria, battle of Wagram, Oesterreich, Napoleonic Wars, pitched battle, town


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