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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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e fromBaku in November, 1916, annovmcing themassacre at Sivas of 5,000 of the 6,000 Armeniansleft alive at that place. During the rest of the suimtier of 1915 nothing of military importance occurred or was reported from the main front in the Caucasus. Russian pressure in Western Persia was still inain- * Vol. VIII., Chap. CXXXIII. to think of resuming operations. The Britishforce continued its successful advance inMesopotamia ; Egjpt and Arabia still detainedconsiderable forces, wliile the landing on theGallipoli peninsula, with its direct menace toConstantinople, caused very real anxiety inthe Turldsh capital. All tliis time Russia wasfighting for her life on her western front fromthe Baltic to the Carpathians, and. hamperedby a desperate shortage of gims and numitions,was being driven back with imbroken front inPoland and the Baltic pxovinces, as well as inOalicia. In August, 1915, the Tm-lcs, having finishedfor the time their sanguinary exploits in THE TUJES HISTORY OF THE WAR. 245
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THE TSAR INSPECTING HIS Armenia and the Van-Urmia district, and theRassians having reoccupied Van (August 17),again showed some activity in the coast region,-where the army that had offered such stub-bom resi.stance in the Chorok valley still con-•stituted a menace to the frontier. Even on theBlack Sea Turkish vessels began to show them-selves, and to throw troops and provisions intoTrebizond for the defence of Erzerum. In thethird week of this month the Russians struckback vigorously, and on August 27 they wereable to announce that the Turkish attempt totake the offensive had again completely brokendown and that many of their vessels had been^unk. At Olty also, and at the confluence ofthe Olta and the Chorok, there was some sharpfighting, the Turks Vjeing again driven back.All thewj movements, however, were only ofthe nature of an intensive reconnaissance,and had no further military purpose or effect. It was in the h>eginning of September thatthe great news came that was to tran

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