. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . The Malakoff. CHAPTER III. CAMPAIGNS SUBORDINATE TO THE SIEGE, IN H E siege of absorbing apreponderant share ofattention on the part ofthe Allied powers, wasnot alone sufficient toafford a check to the aggres-sive movements of the best was effected thatcould be effected with the vastmilitary and naval resources atcommand, may well be doubted ; butstill there were several distinct enter-prises, demanding, in different ratios,the services of the armies and fleets,
. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . The Malakoff. CHAPTER III. CAMPAIGNS SUBORDINATE TO THE SIEGE, IN H E siege of absorbing apreponderant share ofattention on the part ofthe Allied powers, wasnot alone sufficient toafford a check to the aggres-sive movements of the best was effected thatcould be effected with the vastmilitary and naval resources atcommand, may well be doubted ; butstill there were several distinct enter-prises, demanding, in different ratios,the services of the armies and fleets, contem-poraneous with the siege in 1855, and conductedat or near the margin of the Black Sea. Theoccupation of Eupatoria—the expedition to Kin-burn and the Dnieper—the battle of the Tchernaya—the operations in the Sea of Azof—the heroicdefence, ending with the surrender, of Kars inAsia Minor—and Omar Pachas campaign inMingrelia—were of this character. OPERATIONS AT EUPATORIA, Eupatoria, it will be remembered,* had beenstrongly garrisoned during the winter 1854-5 bya large Turkish army under Omar Pacha, whicharmy was engaged in a few serious conf
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