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Turkish forces in the east had been …
Years: 1855 - 1855
May
Turkish forces in the east had been reduced by May 1855 from one hundred and twenty thousand to seventy-five thousand, mostly by disease.
The local Armenian population has kept Muravyev well-informed about the Turks at Kars and he judged they have about five months of supplies.
He therefore decides to control the surrounding area with cavalry and starve them out.
He had started in May and by June is south and west of the town.
A relieving force falls back and there wis a possibility of taking Erzerum, but Muravyev chooses not to.
The local Armenian population has kept Muravyev well-informed about the Turks at Kars and he judged they have about five months of supplies.
He therefore decides to control the surrounding area with cavalry and starve them out.
He had started in May and by June is south and west of the town.
A relieving force falls back and there wis a possibility of taking Erzerum, but Muravyev chooses not to.
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Years: 1855 - 1855
May
Locations
People
Groups
- Georgians
- Persian people
- Armenian people
- Bulgarians (South Slavs)
- Serbs (South Slavs)
- Romanians
- Christians, Eastern Orthodox
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Bulgaria, Ottoman
- Ottoman Empire
- Moldavia (Ottoman vassal), Principality of
- Wallachia (Ottoman vassal), Principality of
- Prussia, Kingdom of
- Russian Empire
- Greece, Kingdom of
- Vidin Eyalet
- France, Second Empire of
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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