| NOUN | act | battle of Lule Burgas, Lule Burgas | the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912) |
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| Meaning | The principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks. | |
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| Synonym | Lule Burgas | |
| Instance of | pitched battle | A fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place |
| Part of | Balkan Wars | Two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe |
| Region | Thrace | An ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula to the north of the Aegean Sea |
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