Translation for "through luck" to german

Through luck

adverb

• glücklich

Translation examples

glücklich adverb

The Russian party, from the Tsar and his brother Grand Duke Constantine down to the most junior subaltern, needled their Austrian counterparts, suggesting that Aspern-Essling had hardly been a victory and defeat had only been averted through luck, and that the defeat of Wagram was a surer measure of their military worth.
Die russische Gruppe, vom Zaren und seinem Bruder, dem Großherzog Konstantin, bis zum kleinsten Subalternbeamten hinab, stichelte gegen ihre österreichischen Kollegen; die Schlacht bei Aspern und Eßling sei wohl kaum ein Sieg zu nennen und nur glückliche Umstände hätten eine Niederlage verhindert;