[Footnote 323: Lutzen. A small town in Prussia. The battle referred to… — Essays

Essays — Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Footnote 323: Lutzen. A small town in Prussia. The battle referred to was fought in 1632 and in it the Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus gained a great victory over vastly superior numbers. Nearly two hundred years later another battle was fought at Lutzen, in which Napoleon gained a victory over the allied Russians and Prussians.]

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