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Document ReferenceBu 30/44
TitleLetter from Sir H. Elliot, Therapia, Turkey, to Sir A. Buchanan, Vienna, Austria; 14 Sept 1876.
Date14 September 1876
Extent4 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionInforms him he was unable to follow his suggestion of attempting to persuade the Turks to offer peace terms without first knowing the attitude of the British Government; comments on Russian support for Montenegro; reports that Zichy and Andrassy had approved suggestions for peace and discusses possible Bosnian autonomy; asks him to informs Count Andrassy that Lord Derby's telegram respecting peace proposals had never reached him; states he did not feel any responsibility for what had occurred in Bulgaria.
Termmilitary campaigns, Montenegrin-Serbian-Ottoman War 1876
Turkish affairs, 'Eastern Question'
military campaigns, atrocities

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA7024Andrassy; Julius (1823-1890); Count; statesman Prime Minister of Hungary from 18671823-1890
NA7122Zichy; Ferdinand (1829-1911); Count; Austrian diplomat1829-1911
NA144Stanley; Edward H. (1826-1893); 15th Earl of Derby; statesman1826-1893
NA6100Elliot; Henry G. (1817-1907); Sir1817-1907
NA136Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat1807-1882
Places
CodeSet
PL4135/Montenegro
PL4428/Bosnia-Herzegovina
PL1331/Russia
PL1836/Bulgaria
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