Hohenlinden
ho-en-lin'den, literally Linden heights, a Bavarian village nineteen miles east of Munich. It is noted as the scene of a battle fought December 3, 1800. The French general, Moreau, defeated the Austrians under Archduke John. Eight thousand Austrians fell on the field of battle and 12,000 were taken prisoners. Schoolboys will recall the English poet, Campbell's, stirring lyric beginning:
On Linden when the sun was low
All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, etc.
All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, etc.
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