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Definition of Plevna

1. Noun. The town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plevna

Literary usage of Plevna

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ridpath's History of the World: Being an Account of the Principal Events in by John Clark Ridpath (1910)
"At plevna a regular siege of five months' duration was substituted for the more ... By the beginning of December, plevna was shut in by the Russian lines. ..."

2. A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 by Charles Alan Fyffe (1896)
"... Czar-Conference at Constantinople—Its Failure—The London Protocol — Russia declares War—Advance on the Balkans—Osman at plevna—Second Attack on plevna ..."

3. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent (1889)
"26 or 28 July, „ Russians severely defeated ; plevna retaken by Osman Pasha, ig, 20 July; Russians again defeated 30, 31 July, M Hostilities revive in ..."

4. Battles of the Nineteenth Century by Archibald Forbes, George Alfred Henty, Arthur Griffiths (1896)
"The fourth battle of plevna—better known as the last sortie—which was fought on the left Vid plain on the morning of the loth December, 1877, and with which ..."

5. Skobeleff and the Slavonic Cause by Olʹga Alekseevna Novikova (1883)
"plevna. The first battle of plevna—The second ... Victory—Tho third battle of plevna—The attack on the Green Hills—Mr. ..."

6. Famous Modern Battles by Andrew Hilliard Atteridge (1913)
"CHAPTER VIII THE GREAT ASSAULT ON plevna September 11 and 12, ... Osman Pasha's defense of plevna showed in the most striking way the value of improvised ..."

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