Caucasian Battlefields: A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border 1828–1921

William Edward David Allen; Paul Muratoff

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511708732

The Caucasus region, which forms a natural boundary between Asia and Europe, has always been of great strategic importance. Russia's expansion into the region in the late eighteenth century brought conflict with the Ottoman Empire, creating a new area of contention between these two states, and the borderlands remained in a state of intermittent conflict until the end of the First World War. This volume, first published in 1953, discusses the four major conflicts which took place in the region during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing on military strategy, the book describes in great detail battles, skirmishes and logistical problems of warfare in a mountainous and remote region. Illustrated with thirty-nine maps, it provides a wealth of information for military historians and remains an authoritative account.

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi
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Contents
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LIST OF MAPS
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LIST OF PLATES
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PREFACE
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THE SPELLING OF PLACE-NAMES
pp xvii-xxii
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BOOK I - THE RUSSIAN CONQUEST OF CAUCASIA
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CHAP. I - The Historical Geography of Caucasia
pp 3-22
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CHAP. II - The Russo-Turkish Campaign of 1828–9
pp 23-45
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CHAP. III - Russian Pacification of the Main Chain of the Caucasus. Development of British Interest in Caucasia 1830–52
pp 46-54
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BOOK II - THE CAUCASIAN THEATRE DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR
pp 55-56
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CHAP. IV - Frontier Operations, Autumn 1853
pp 57-65
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CHAP. V - Operations in Guria and Kakheti. Battle of Kurudere. Summer–Autumn 1854
pp 66-80
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CHAP. VI - Siege of Kars. Operations in Eleşkirt Region. Turkish Invasion of Western Georgia, 1855–6
pp 81-102
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BOOK III - THE CAUCASIAN CAMPAIGN OF 1877–8
pp 103-104
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CHAP. VII - The Russian and Turkish Armies in 1877. Failure of the Russian ‘protective offensive’
pp 105-122
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CHAP. VIII - The Black Sea Coast. Operation against Batum and Turkish Diversion in Abkhazia
pp 123-132
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CHAP. IX - Tergukasov's Operation in the Eleşkirt Valley. The Two Actions at Tahir (June 1877)
pp 133-140
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CHAP. X - Battle of Zivin-dağ. Tergukasov's Retreat and the Relief of Bayazit
pp 141-151
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CHAP. XI - The Defence of Batum and the Diversion in Abkhazia. Second Phase, June–August 1877
pp 152-157
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CHAP. XII - The Aras Valley and the Passes of the Ağri-dağ. Battle of Kizil-tepe. August-September 1877
pp 158-169
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CHAP. XIII - Battles for Kars: Yahni and Alaca-dağ, October 1877
pp 170-188
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CHAP. XIV - The Battle of the Camel's Neck (4 November 1877). Attempt to Storm Erzurum (8–9 November)
pp 189-200
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CHAP. XV - The Storm of Kars. Winter Operations in the çoruh Valley, November 1877 to January 1878
pp 201-218
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BOOK IV - THE CAUCASIAN CAMPAIGNS OF WORLD WAR I, 1914–18
pp 219-220
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CHAP. XVI - The Transcaucasian Frontier, 1878–1914. The German Factor in the Middle East
pp 221-233
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CHAP. XVII - Turkish Prelude to World War I
pp 234-239
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CHAP. XVIII - War on the Caucasian Frontier, November 1914
pp 240-248
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CHAP. XIX - Sarikamiş: Enver's Caucasian Offensive, December 1914
pp 249-262
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CHAP. XX - The Defence of Sarikamiş, 26–31 December 1914
pp 263-275
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