Plevna
- a variation of Pleven.
Example Sentences
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Four engines and eight firefighters from nearby Plevna also responded, he said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 3, 2020
After Plevna, the Providence Tool Company never sold another rifle—and never received full payment on its Ottoman contracts.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2019
The houses of Plevna, with blue lines of smoke curling above them, were faintly visible through the driving snow.
From In the Track of the Troops by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
After the unsuccessful sortie of Osman Pasha on August 31, in which the Russians recovered all the positions temporarily occupied by the enemy, there was a partial cessation of hostilities before Plevna until September 6.
From Roumania Past and Present by Samuelson, James
We were quartered at Tashkesen shortly after our enforced retreat from Plevna.
From Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile by Murray, David Christie
