CALAFAT  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• RUMANIA
• RUMANIA, or ROUMANIA [Romdnia]

Rumania in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Doljiu; on the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, opposite the Bulgarian fortress of See also:

• VIDIN (formerly written WIDIN Or WIDDIN)

Vidin . Pop . (1900) 7113 . Calafat is an important centre of the See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, and is connected by a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch See also:

• LINE

line with the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal Walachian See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and by a See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

ferry with Vidin . It was founded in the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century by Genoese colonists, who employed large See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of workmen (Calfats) in repairing See also:

• SHIPS

ships-which See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry gave its name to the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . In 1854 a See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian force was defeated at Calafat by the See also:

• TURKS

Turks under Ahmed See also:

• PASHA

Pasha, who surprised the enemy's See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp .