The War Correspondence of the Daily News, 1877-8, Continued from the Fall of Kars to the Signature of the Preliminaries of Peace

Excerpt from The War Correspondence of the Daily News, 1877-8, Continued From the Fall of Kars to the Signature of the Preliminaries of Peace: With a Connecting Narrative Forming a Continuous History of the War Between Russia and Turkey

Erzeroum summoned to surrender.-evasive Reply of Mukhtar Pacha. Anxiety in the city.-description of the Defences - Attacks on the Forts - Capture and Recapture of Fort Azizieh. - Renewed Attacks. Descriptions of the Troops on the Ramparts. - The Grand Duke Michael and the Turkish Prisoners - Difficulty of forwarding N ews. The Last Moukhir in Erzeroum. - Another Summons to Surrender. - News from kars.-the bashi-bazouks and the Shopkeepers. - The False News published in Constantinople - Mukhtar Pacha's Tactics. Prospects of the Defence of Erzeroum. - A Fugitive from Ears - Spies within the Town - Case of Captain Temayefi'. - An Interview with Mukhtar Pacha - Arrival of the Caravan from Persia - Change of Quarters - Muhir Ali and his Black hats.-sir Arnold Kemball. - A Levy of Contributions. - An Armenian Village - A Visit to the Chief Inhabitant. - Polygot Conversation - The Village of Illidge.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.