The Life of Nicholas I., Emperor of Russia: With a Short Account of Russia and the RussiansLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855 - 390 pages |
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... fleets , laden with Asiatic hordes , and convoyed by the armed squadrons of the Euxine and the Baltic , set sail simultaneously from the Sea of Azoff and the harbour of Archangel . Sweep- ing along the Mediterranean and the Atlantic ...
... fleets , laden with Asiatic hordes , and convoyed by the armed squadrons of the Euxine and the Baltic , set sail simultaneously from the Sea of Azoff and the harbour of Archangel . Sweep- ing along the Mediterranean and the Atlantic ...
Page 53
... fleet of Russia bore a part . The Turkish government , however , was not to be intimidated by even such a calamity as the total destruction of its navy . The diplomatic ministers of the allies received , but three . weeks after the ...
... fleet of Russia bore a part . The Turkish government , however , was not to be intimidated by even such a calamity as the total destruction of its navy . The diplomatic ministers of the allies received , but three . weeks after the ...
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... fleet of twenty- six sail , under Admiral Greig , carrying a body of 6,000 soldiers , commanded by Colonel Petrowski . After a vigorous resistance it was forced to capitu- late . At very nearly the same time , General Paskievitch ...
... fleet of twenty- six sail , under Admiral Greig , carrying a body of 6,000 soldiers , commanded by Colonel Petrowski . After a vigorous resistance it was forced to capitu- late . At very nearly the same time , General Paskievitch ...
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... fleet ; but it did not do so till after it had made a brave and vigorous resistance . Kustendji , at the point where Trajan's wall touches the sea , attacked both by sea and land , shortly after entered into a capitulation , and its ...
... fleet ; but it did not do so till after it had made a brave and vigorous resistance . Kustendji , at the point where Trajan's wall touches the sea , attacked both by sea and land , shortly after entered into a capitulation , and its ...
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... fleet , outnumbering , as we have before remarked , that of the Turks by 20 to 1 since the battle of Navarino , not only blockaded the entrance to the sea 70 CHAP VII The European Campaign of 1829, between Russia Turkey 70.
... fleet , outnumbering , as we have before remarked , that of the Turks by 20 to 1 since the battle of Navarino , not only blockaded the entrance to the sea 70 CHAP VII The European Campaign of 1829, between Russia Turkey 70.
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