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Lutzen

noun
1.
A battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed.  Synonym: battle of Lutzen.






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"Lutzen" Quotes from Famous Books



... for three, four and five hours; so that these short stoppages do not give you time enough to go to bed and they are besides generally made in the day time or early in the morning and evening. We passed thro' the following cities and places of eminence, viz., Lutzen; the spot where Gustavus Adolphus was killed is close to the road on the left hand with a plain stone and the initials G.A. inscribed on it. Weimar is a very neat city and where I should like much to have staid; but I had only time to view the outside of the ...
— After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 • Major W. E Frye

... extreme pain and privations which I endure here. In my last campaigns in 1813 and 1814, in Germany and France, I shared all the fatigues which were alternately caused us by victory and retreat, I was at the glorious days of Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden, Leipzig, Hanau, Montmirail, Champaubert, Montereau," &c. "Yes," continued he, "all that I suffered in so many forced marches, and in the midst of the privations which were the consequences of them, was nothing in comparison with what ...
— Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 • J. B. Henry Savigny and Alexander Correard



Words linked to "Lutzen" :   Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland, pitched battle, Germany, battle of Lutzen, Thirty Years' War, FRG



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