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Louisa of Prussia and her times

L. Mühlbach (1814–1873), 1867

Named on the pages for Battle of Marengo, Battle of Hohenlinden.

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Passages that name the battles; the whole book is at Internet Archive.

14 June 1800

Battle of Marengo

JOHANNES MULLER.

* The battle of Marengo was fought on the 14th of

JOHANNES MULLER.

Fifteen minutes later the minister left the chan- cery of state for the purpose of repairing, as was his custom every evening, to his garden in the Wihringer Street. The streets through which he had to pass were crowded with citizens, who were talking with ill-concealed rage about the fresh de- feat of the Austrians at Marengo, and were loudly calling out that Minister Thugut was alone to blame for Austria’s misfortunes, and that he was

THUGUT’S FALL.

Tıpınas of fresh defeats had reached Vienna; more disasters had befallen the army, and the great victory of Marengo had been followed, on the 8d of December, 1800, by the battle of Hohen- linden, in which Moreau defeated the Austrians under Archduke John.

3 December 1800

Battle of Hohenlinden

LOUISA OF PRUSSIA.

“No, I am not astonished,” said Thugut, calm- ly. “You, gentlemen, on the contrary, have only anticipated my wishes. I was just about to in- vite you to see me for the purpose of holding a consultation, very disastrous tidings having arrived from the headquarters of our army. We have lost a battle at Hohenlinden—Archduke John has been defeated.”

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