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[AMartinP]

23d: River, rapid roller near battlefield, one in spate: ris*r. It can only be "riser". but can anybody, please, explain why?

[FreyaBee]

The River Iser was near a battlefield https://battlefieldanomalies.com/the-battle-of-podol/p1100218/

[Spoffy]

A bit obscure for my money, but the poem 'Hohenlinden' by Thomas Campbell, which describes the Battle of Hohenlinden (1800), contains the lines:

But redder yet that light shall glow
On Linden's hills of stainèd snow,
And bloodier yet the torrent flow
Of Iser, rolling rapidly.

So it's R (river) + ISER ('rapid roller near battlefield')

[FreyaBee]

That fits perfectly Spoffy

[AMartinP]

Thank you......and apologies for the belated reply. It's a bit obscure for my money, too. Congratulations to those who worked out the explanation. Thank you again.