Shipka Pass

[ ship-kah ]

noun

1. a mountain pass in central Bulgaria, in the Balkan Mountains. 4,375 feet (1,335 meters) high.

Shipka Pass

/ ˈʃɪpkə /

noun

1. a pass over the Balkan Mountains in central Bulgaria: scene of a bloody Turkish defeat in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78). Height: 1334 m (4376 ft)

Example Sentences

During the Russo-Turkish War he distinguished himself at the crossing of the Danube at Sistova, and was wounded at the Shipka Pass.

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In the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-8 the Russian troops managed to cross it without great difficulty, though they had to encounter a stubborn resistance at the Shipka Pass, where a Turkish army of 32,000 men ultimately surrendered to them.

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I watched the long-drawn artillery duel at the Shipka Pass, made the dreary month-long march in the rainy season from Orkhani� to Plevna, with the army of reinforcement, under Chefket Pasha and Chakir Pasha, lived in the besieged town until Osman drove away all foreign visitors, and sent out his wounded to sow the whole melancholy road with corpses.

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He was wounded at the Shipka Pass, and, though promoted lieutenant-general soon after this, was not able to see further active service.

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But to spend Christmas in the Shipka Pass and the New Year here, sapristi! there is no fun in that.

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