Jena
[jeinә]
Definition
(noun.) the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
Edited by Emily--From WordNet
Examples
- The Prussians, after the disaster of Jena in 1807, had set to work to put their house in order. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Prussians were three to one at Jena, and he took their army and kingdom in a week. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Under these inauspicious circumstances Prussia came into the war against him, and was utterly defeated and broken at the battle of Jena (1806). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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