Martin Antonenko
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Crimean War In - Anatolia ...!
1855 - Crimean War!
In the enclosed Sebastopol, the besieged Russians desperately defend themselves!
But contrary to what the name "Crimean War" suggests, the military conflicts are not limited to the Crimea.
Elsewhere, the Russians are far more successful!
In 1855 Tsar Aleksandr II had General Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Muravjow ...
... made commander in chief of the Russian army in the Caucasus.
Murawjow marched into the Ottoman part of Armenia in June 1855 and was greeted with joy by the Christian population there.
Soon afterwards, with 40,000 men, the Russians appear in front of the Kars fortress in northeastern Anatolia ...:
Kars is defended by 30,000 Ottomans commanded by British officer William Fenwick Williams ...:
Murawjow tries to take the fortress by storm, but is knocked off!
The Russians then begin to besiege Kars.
In a panic, the Ottoman Commander in Chief Omar Pasha ...
... (actually a deserted Austrian officer, who is actually called Michail Latasch!) informs his allies that he intends to withdraw all Ottoman troops from the theater of war in the Crimea and deploy them to the defense of the Ottoman heartland.
That was exactly what General Murawjow had speculated on.
But the British, French and Piedmontese manage to talk Omar Pascha out of this idea!
Instead, with insufficient strength, the Ottoman launches a diversionary attack on the city of Kutaisi (in Georgia), is attacked during his march by a Russian detachment under General Wassilij Ossipowitsch Bebutow ...
... and defeated without difficulty in the battle of Başgedikler on November 19th ...:
The Russians calmly continue the siege of Kars.
On November 29, 1855, the fortress commander Williams finally had to surrender with his soldiers - all food in the fortress area was used up ...:
General Murawjow rides into Kars as the victor!
The Allies in the Crimea shortly afterwards took Sebastopol, which had previously been completely vacated by the Russians...
... but the success at Kars significantly improved the Russian position in the subsequent peace negotiations - the diplomats succeeded in negotiating extremely moderate conditions.
Above all, Sebastopol and the Crimea remain in Russian ownership!
For his decisive success at Kars, Murawjow was raised to the rank of prince and promoted to adjutant general of Tsar Alexander II and a member of the Imperial Council.
The British appoint William Fenwick Williams "Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath".
Kars Fortress is today a Turkish tourist attraction ...:
1855 - Crimean War!
In the enclosed Sebastopol, the besieged Russians desperately defend themselves!
But contrary to what the name "Crimean War" suggests, the military conflicts are not limited to the Crimea.
Elsewhere, the Russians are far more successful!
In 1855 Tsar Aleksandr II had General Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Muravjow ...
... made commander in chief of the Russian army in the Caucasus.
Murawjow marched into the Ottoman part of Armenia in June 1855 and was greeted with joy by the Christian population there.
Soon afterwards, with 40,000 men, the Russians appear in front of the Kars fortress in northeastern Anatolia ...:
Kars is defended by 30,000 Ottomans commanded by British officer William Fenwick Williams ...:
Murawjow tries to take the fortress by storm, but is knocked off!
The Russians then begin to besiege Kars.
In a panic, the Ottoman Commander in Chief Omar Pasha ...
... (actually a deserted Austrian officer, who is actually called Michail Latasch!) informs his allies that he intends to withdraw all Ottoman troops from the theater of war in the Crimea and deploy them to the defense of the Ottoman heartland.
That was exactly what General Murawjow had speculated on.
But the British, French and Piedmontese manage to talk Omar Pascha out of this idea!
Instead, with insufficient strength, the Ottoman launches a diversionary attack on the city of Kutaisi (in Georgia), is attacked during his march by a Russian detachment under General Wassilij Ossipowitsch Bebutow ...
... and defeated without difficulty in the battle of Başgedikler on November 19th ...:
The Russians calmly continue the siege of Kars.
On November 29, 1855, the fortress commander Williams finally had to surrender with his soldiers - all food in the fortress area was used up ...:
General Murawjow rides into Kars as the victor!
The Allies in the Crimea shortly afterwards took Sebastopol, which had previously been completely vacated by the Russians...
... but the success at Kars significantly improved the Russian position in the subsequent peace negotiations - the diplomats succeeded in negotiating extremely moderate conditions.
Above all, Sebastopol and the Crimea remain in Russian ownership!
For his decisive success at Kars, Murawjow was raised to the rank of prince and promoted to adjutant general of Tsar Alexander II and a member of the Imperial Council.
The British appoint William Fenwick Williams "Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath".
Kars Fortress is today a Turkish tourist attraction ...:
