Imbros

/ ˈɪmbrəs /

noun

1. a Turkish island in the NE Aegean Sea, west of the Gallipoli Peninsula: occupied by Greece (1912–14) and Britain (1914–23). Area: 280 sq km (108 sq miles) Turkish nameImroz

Example Sentences

Anchored at Imbros when I got a cable asking me what forces I shall need to carry right through to a finish.

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He arrives in a moment from the isles of Lemnos and Imbros; there is something fine in coming from two islands at once.

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Braithwaite, and one or two others of my Staff turned up from Imbros at that moment.

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Every ship is pointed one way—towards the welcoming boom of Imbros.

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The men had been in the trenches (except for a few battalions that had been rested at Imbros) since April.

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