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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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not sting. Himselfsensitive, and even perhaps shy, he spares other peopless»-lf-esteem. The Turkish method of dealing with thedisaster- was characteristic. The Russians hadintercepted wireless messages from Kiamil toEnver Pasha implorin: assistance, and warninghim of the fall of Erzerum, but Enver and hisGerman colleagues and advisers endeavouredto hoodwink Constantinople with bulletins of could not be transported. As a matter offact, they went on to say, Erzerum wasnot a fortress at all, but is an open town, andhad not the least military value. This wastoo much even for Berlin, which protested thatTurkey had a right to learn the truth aboutthe loss of the sole fortiaed camp in thegigantic region of northern Asia Minor, and strategically and politically an importantbasis of operations. Two days later theRussians published the oflficial count of thebooty: Nine standards, 323 guns, a Turkishfortress of the first class, large depots of arms,munitions supplies, signalling, telegraph and
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THE RUSSIANSCossacks on guard and civilians goi Hiipffr-Teutonif; mendacity. IJf) till two daysh»;for»! the fall of Kr/.i week after the «)V«!rit, that they caHiuillymentioned that for military reuHfuiH tlieyhad withdrawn wif,hf;ut Hnffering K)hk fromrirzenim to a ponition to Mir; went of Mie city,>ift,e loiviri, dcHtroyerl ,»() old j/imih wliicli IN ERZERUM.ng about their business unmolested. telephone stores ; and on the last day ofFebruary the story was completed by the fol-lowing statement from tlie HuHsian GeneralStaff: The fortrcHH of Kr/.enitri was the only forlifie<l point inth

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