Son of Rambow video The architectural monument – obelisk of the perished during the Balkan War in the year 1912 was erected in 1941 at the Sheinovec peak, in the land between the villages of Valche Pole and Malko Gradishte.
The peak itself is connected to the beginning of the Balkan War in 1912. According to the Bulgarian secret services, on October 4, 1912, the Ottoman battalion on the Kurtkale peak numbered around 100 soldiers and two more small brigades were situated nearby. Commanding authorities of the Bulgarian military were preparing for an assault on the peak with the aim of seizing it, since the place is convenient for scanning the valleys of the Arda and Maritsa rivers and the Edirne Valley. Access to the peak is exceptionally difficult. The slopes from the south and northwest descend vertically and are inaccessible, while the eastern slope is rocky and steep. Climbing to the top was possible only via one path, meandering between the rocks and bushes.
On October 4 at 21:30h, the battalion of the 30th infantry – Sheinovski regiment
– received order to capture the peak. Early in the morning of October 5, Bulgarian military companies overtook the defenders and captured the peak. This was the first serious battle of the war and in the campaign of the Bulgarian army that invaded the Edirne region. After this battle, the Bulgarian troops seized Mustafa Pasha (in present-day Svilengrad) without any difficulties.
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