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Battle of Jena   /bˈætəl əv dʒˈinə/   Listen
Battle of Jena

noun
1.
The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.  Synonym: Jena.






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"Battle of Jena" Quotes from Famous Books



... and from them proceeded, in due time, another Karl, of whom we shall hear in this History;—and of whom all the world heard much in the French Revolution Wars; in 1792, and still more tragically afterwards. Shot, to death or worse, at the Battle of Jena, October, 1806; "battle lost before it was begun,"—such the strategic history they give of it. He peremptorily ordered the French Revolution to suppress itself; and that was the answer the French Revolution made him. From this Karl, what NEW Queens Caroline of England and portentous Dukes ...
— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. IX. (of XXI.) • Thomas Carlyle



Words linked to "Battle of Jena" :   Germany, pitched battle, Deutschland, Federal Republic of Germany, Napoleonic Wars, FRG



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