Grossbeeren

Grossbeeren (grōsbārˈən) [key], village, Brandenburg, E Germany. There, in 1813, Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow, using the Prussian militia for the first time, defeated the French under Oudinot, thus protecting Berlin.

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