Sempach, a small Swiss town, 9 m. NW. of Lucerne, on the Lake of Sempach; here on the 9th of July 1386 a body of 1500 Swiss soldiers completely routed the Austrians, 4000 strong, under Leopold, Duke of Austria.
Population (circa 1900) given as 1,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Semmering * Sen, Chunder