thrice-foiled

Updated: May 7, 2025

Internally it was in many parts in open revolt, in all the rest stagnant and slowly rotting. The thrice-foiled claimant to its succession, who six years before had denounced the Black Sea clause of the Treaty of Paris and so freed its hands for offence, was manifestly preparing a fresh assault. Something drastic must be done; but what?

Nevill Forbes - The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey