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World: Europe: Western Europe: MarengoVillage in northern Italy. Site of a battle on June 14, 1800 between Napoleon Bonaparte and the Austrians. The Austrains were defeated and Napoleon's supremacy established as a result. [JT]ABBE: Holmes: "We have not yet met our Waterloo, Watson, but this is our Marengo, for it begins in defeat and ends in victory." Last Modified: May 19, 1998 |