United States or Nauru ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
"And we're going down to tell Bob Hopley." "On the sly?" "Yes; the Doctor don't know. You won't get us into a scrape?" "Well, you know, I ought to; but " "You won't, Lom?" "Well, not this time. I was just going to bed when I heard them, and thought I'd run down and ask Bob Hopley if he wanted any help. Look here!"
This would have involved no great risk; for the Russians occupied the inner lines of what was, roughly speaking, a triangle, resting on the Shipka Pass, the River Lom, and Plevna as its extreme points. Having the advantage of the inner position, they could quickly have moved part of their force at Plevna, battered in the Turkish defence on the Lom, and probably captured the Slievno passes.
Word Of The Day