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TitleLetter from Sir H. Elliot, Therapia, Turkey, to Sir A. Buchanan, Vienna, Austria; 4 Aug 1876.
Date4 August 1876
Extent2 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionComments on the recent defeat of the Turkish Army by Herzegovina and Russian activity on the Armenian frontier; states that Austria would not tolerate the mouth of the Danube falling under Russian and German control; mentions the importance of Bartoum [Batum] to Russia as she did not at present have a port on the east or south of the Black Sea.
Termmilitary campaigns, Montenegrin-Serbian-Ottoman War 1876
Turkish affairs, 'Eastern Question'
Imperialism, Ottoman Empire, collapse of

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA6100Elliot; Henry G. (1817-1907); Sir1817-1907
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
Places
CodeSet
PL90/Austria
PL1331/Russia
PL64/Germany
PL4605/Batum/Georgia
PL4606/Armenia
PL4428/Bosnia-Herzegovina
PL1331/Russia
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