Basarab was unable to stand a battle in the open field against a large army, due to the poor state of his troops, and he decided to retreat somewhere into the Transylvanian Alps.
12.
One army crossed the Walachian Plain and entered Hungary through the Transylvanian Alps ( Southern Carpathians ), while the other army made a wide circuit to Galicia and, with Galician aid, crossed the Carpathian Mountains.
13.
In meteorology, the Coand effect theory has also been applied to some air streams flowing out of mountain ranges such as the Carpathian Mountains and Transylvanian Alps, where effects on agriculture and vegetation have been noted.
14.
During the ensuing German offensive at Monte Sule by Hermannstadt ( Sibiu ) in Transylvanian Alps, on 7 November 1916, Heinrich was fatally wounded by a sniper and died from these wounds a day later, on 8 November 1916.
15.
One Romanian tradition records that Wallachia was founded when a certain Radu Negru ( Radu the Black ) arrived from the Fgra region in the 1290s after crossing the Transylvanian Alps with " a great many following him ".
16.
A local legend says that Negru Vod left the central fortress to travel south past the Transylvanian Alps to become the founder of the Principality of Wallachia, although Basarab I is traditionally known as the 14th century founder of the state.
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Paul of Aleppo documents the derelict state of Wallachia during the Ottoman intervention, including an account of the rural population fleeing for the Transylvanian Alps ( " " where the Wallachians were accustomed to take refuge in time of need " " ).
18.
The Hungarian army was divided into three main units : the Transylvanian army under John Z�polya, charged with guarding the passes in the Transylvanian Alps, with between 8, 000 and 13, 000 men; the main army, led by Louis himself ( beside numerous Spanish, German, Czech and Serbian mercenaries ); and another smaller force, commanded by the Croatian count Christoph Frankopan, numbering around 5, 000 men.
