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First edition. Ex-library. Full contemporary calf, spines elaborately gilt. Small octavo volume, xxvii plus 234 pages, 4 tinted litho plates, 2 folding maps at rear (a "Sketch of the Action on and Passage of the Ingour by the Turks under Omer Pasha" and a "Map of the Transcaucasian Provinces"), 4 sepia tinted lithographs from "drawings taken on the spot by Herr Zuther, Omer Pasha's artist", 4 woodcuts, including title vignette. Full contemporary calf binding, with elaborately decorative spine gilt, raised bands, gilt lettered leather label, and gilt dentelled edges. Slight rubbing and abrasion to covers. Library stamp on title and another ten pages throughout the book. A slight tidemark to the first and last leaves and plates (not affecting text or images). Otherwise clean and sound. Presents well. During the Crimean War, the Turks attempted to divide the Russian forces by launching a campaign in the Caucasus. In 1855, Oliphant put forward a plan for British intervention in the Caucasus. Later that year, Oliphant travelled to the Crimea with Lord Stratford, and on to the Circassian coast. Soon afterwards, he joined the force under Omar Pasha, and was present at the battle of the Ingour. In addition to an account of his own experiences of the campaign, Oliphant also provides some analysis of the events leading to the fall of Kars. With the help of British and other foreign officers, the Turkish garrison at Kars kept the Russians at bay during a protracted siege, but in November 1855, after the garrison had been devastated by cholera, and food supplies had utterly failed, nothing was left but to capitulate. Oliphant blames the outcome on the "'culpable apathy of the Turks'" in not sending reinforcements at an early stage. The fall of Kars rendered Oliphant's expedition fruitless. After much suffering during the retreat, he returned to England in 1855. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000029
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