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Document ReferenceBu 30/49
TitleLetter from Sir H. Elliot, Constantinople, Turkey, to Sir A. Buchanan, Vienna, Austria; 24 Nov 1876.
Date24 November 1876
Extent2 ff
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionStates that he was awaiting the arrival of Lord Salisbury before Russia showed her hand; comments that peace or war seemed to depend on the nature of the understanding reached between Gorchakov and Bismarck, but if Austria was left unchecked, Russia would think twice before crossing the Danube; sends further details in the forms of a letter to Lord Derby, which he asks him to forward.
Termmilitary campaigns, Montenegrin-Serbian-Ottoman War 1876

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA6662Cecil; Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne- (1830-1903); 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; succ. 1868; Prime Minister 1885, 1886-921830-1903
NA140Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president1815-1898
NA141Gorchakov; Alexander M. (1798-1883); Prince; Russian Foreign Minister1798-1883
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
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PL90/Austria
PL1331/Russia
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