Turkey Old and New: Historical, Geographical, and Statistical

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W.H. Allen, 1883 - Всего страниц: 608
 

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Стр. 25 - I was advised by a sage to humble myself before God; to distrust my own strength; and never to despise the most contemptible foe. I have neglected these lessons; and my neglect has been deservedly punished. Yesterday, as from an eminence I beheld the numbers, the discipline, and the spirit, of my armies, the earth seemed to tremble under my feet; and I said in my heart, Surely thou art the king of the world, the greatest and most invincible of warriors. These armies are no longer mine; and, in the...
Стр. 554 - The Prince of Bulgaria shall be freely elected by the population and confirmed by the Sublime Porte, with the consent of the Powers. No member of any of the reigning Houses of the Great European Powers can be elected Prince of Bulgaria.
Стр. 33 - wears on his head either a diadem, or a crown of gold, decorated with precious stones of inestimable value. These ornaments, and his purple garments, are reserved for his sacred person alone ^ and his robes of silk are embroidered with the figures of golden dragons. His throne is of massy gold.
Стр. 411 - It was six o'clock ; there was a lull in the fighting, of which the Russians could take no advantage, since the reserves were all engaged. The grimed, sun-blistered men were beaten out with heat, fatigue, hunger and thirst There had been no cooking for three days, and there was no water within the Russian lines. The poor fellows lay panting on the bare ridge, reckless that it was swept by the Turkish rifle-fire.
Стр. 555 - A province is formed south of the Balkans which will take the name of " Eastern Roumelia," and will remain under the direct political and military authority of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, under conditions of administrative autonomy. It shall have a Christian GovernorGeneral.
Стр. 418 - Gravitza to the Green Hill, and concentrated the greater part of his army across the Vid, over which he passed on two bridges, one the old, and the other the new one lately constructed. He took part of his artillery, some three batteries, and a train of about five or six hundred carriages drawn by bullocks. He succeeded in getting his army, the artillery, and part of the train over by daybreak The attack was a most brilliant and daring one.
Стр. 412 - Osman Pasha, with 25,000 men, made a determined and well-sustained, but unsuccessful, attack against the Russian left centre, which held a strongly fortified position around the villages of Pelisat and Zgalince, and in this perfectly useless sortie, after losing 3,000 men, he was defeated and driven back by General Zotoff. This was a blunder by a Turkish general, but the commanders on either side seemed to vie with each other in sacrificing brave men to their own recklessness and incapacity. The...
Стр. 555 - Kioj, Aivadsik, Kulibe, Sudzuluk, crosses obliquely the valley of Deli Kamcik, passes to the south of Belibe and Kemhalik, and to the north of Hadzimahale, after having crossed the Deli-Kamcik at a distance of 2-^ kilometres above Cengei, reaches the crest of the mountains at a point between Tekenlik and Aidos-Bredza, and follows it by the Karnabad Balkan, Prisevica Balkan, Kazal Balkan, to the north of Kotel up to Demir Kapu. The frontier passes by the principal chain of the Great Balkans, which...
Стр. 426 - But her majesty's government are of opinion that the duty of protecting the Ottoman empire from this danger, which henceforth will rest largely (d'une mesure speciale) upon England, can be effected without exposing Europe to the calamities of a fresh war.
Стр. 554 - Bulgaria is constituted an autonomous and tributary Principality under the suzerainty of His Imperial Majesty the Sultan; it will have a Christian Government and a national militia.

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