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Battle information required, Battle of Skit

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Tyke	Posted: October 12, 2008 10:03 pm
Fruntas Group: Members Posts: 95 Member No.: 2193 Joined: July 20, 2008	I have a postcard, showing a "period lithograph", which depicts the Battle of Skit. The rear of the card is blank except for the inscription: The scene looks 19th century to me. There is a Romanian tricolour on the right hand side of the picture, so is it possibly from the War of Independence? Any information would be post welcome but I am very much interested in date and location. I did look on the internet but all it came up with was related to skit music!

Imperialist	Posted: October 13, 2008 07:47 am
General de armata Group: Members Posts: 2399 Member No.: 499 Joined: February 09, 2005	the Battle of Schit-Prahova (1879) -------------------- I

dragos	Posted: October 13, 2008 09:26 am
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 2397 Member No.: 2 Joined: February 11, 2003	I think it's the battle for the bridge over Ogest (Ogosta?) River, defended by Romanian "dorobanti" and firefighters, on 9 November 1877 when Turkish troops withdrew from Rahova (Oryahovo) http://www.isubotosani.ro/istoric4.html

bansaraba	Posted: October 13, 2008 01:01 pm
Sergent Group: Members Posts: 184 Member No.: 2196 Joined: July 20, 2008	Bigger pic here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Ba...r_Skit_1877.jpg This was the battle at Skit bridge, on 9 November 1877, between the Romanians and the Turks.

Imperialist

Posted: October 13, 2008 04:33 pm

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Absolvent al Academiei Regale de Arte Frumoase de la Viena, artist polonez refugiat în România, Henryk Dembitzky (1830-1906) a debutat ca litograf la Bucureşti.

Aflat la Brãila, a continuat sã colaboreze la Calendarul pentru toţi românii, publicaţie care a oferit cititorilor sãi seria litografiilor în culori din care fac parte Trecerea armatei române în Dobrogea, Bãtãlia de la Schit-Rahova (1879), Cãderea redutei Griviţa (1881), Cãderea Plevnei şi predarea lui Osman Paşa, Bãtãlia de la Smârdan (1880), Proclamarea Regatului României.

http://www.mnir.ro/temp/album/album.html

It's not far-fetched for Schit to have been translated phonetically as Skit in French/English.

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bansaraba

Posted: October 13, 2008 09:13 pm

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It's not far-fetched for Schit to have been translated phonetically as Skit in French/English.

I've seen in many Romanian texts the name as "Skit", so it's not that unusual in Romanian either.

Tyke	Posted: October 20, 2008 10:42 pm
Fruntas Group: Members Posts: 95 Member No.: 2193 Joined: July 20, 2008	Thank you very much to everyone who posted replies. Question has been sorted out nicely. Cheers. Alan in Bradford

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