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See also:AUSSIG (See also:Czech Ousti ned Labem)
, a See also:town of Bohemia, See also:Austria, 68 m
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N. of See also:Prague by See also:rail
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Pop
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(1900) 37,255, mostly See also:German
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It is situated in a mountainous See also:district, at the confluence of the Biela and the See also:Elbe, and, besides being an active See also:river See also:port, is an important junction of the See also:northern Bohemian See also:railways
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See also:Aussig has important See also:industries in chemicals, textiles, See also:glass and See also:boat-See also:building, and carries on an active See also:trade in See also:coal from the neighbouring mines, See also: After lying See also:waste for three years, it was rebuilt in 1429 . It suffered much during the See also:Thirty Years' and Seven Years' See also:Wars, and in 183o it had only 1400 inhabitants . Not far from Aussig is the See also:village of See also:Kulm, where, on the 29th and 3oth of See also:August 1813, a See also:battle took See also:place between the See also:French under See also:Vandamme and an allied army of Austrians, Prussians and Russians . The French were defeated, and Vandamme surrendered with his army of ro,000 men . |
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