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Автор: Tim Coates
Издательство: The Stationery Office
Год издания: 2000
isbn: 0117024546
Количество страниц: 260
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Размер: 46 Мб
Каталожный номер: 103541
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Reprint of 1856 Papers relative to Military Affairs in Asiastic Turkey, and the Defence and Capitulation of Kars. In 1855, while the British army was fighting alongside the French and Turkish armies in the Crimean War, a little-known but serious siege was taking place in the eastern corner of Turkey. The city of Kars is close to Azerbaijan in the Russian Caucasus. it is a veritable fortress set within the mountains and overlooking a gorge. The British were giving assistance to the Turkish army by lending experience officers.
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