Annual RegisterEdmund Burke 1878 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 19
Page vii
... Plevna- Battle of Dolmy Dubnik - Other Russian successes - Favourable turn to the Turkish defence of Europe -Turkish Victory of Elena - Fall of Plevna - Development of Russia's strength in Bulgaria Exhaustion of Turkey Turkey's Circular ...
... Plevna- Battle of Dolmy Dubnik - Other Russian successes - Favourable turn to the Turkish defence of Europe -Turkish Victory of Elena - Fall of Plevna - Development of Russia's strength in Bulgaria Exhaustion of Turkey Turkey's Circular ...
Page 124
... Plevna . I cannot , therefore , understand , totally irrespective of the news of the hour , which may bring military prestige to any contending party , if it is to be defined by the limited fact of a single victory . I say that I cannot ...
... Plevna . I cannot , therefore , understand , totally irrespective of the news of the hour , which may bring military prestige to any contending party , if it is to be defined by the limited fact of a single victory . I say that I cannot ...
Page 124
... Plevna . I cannot , therefore , understand , totally irrespective of the news of the hour , which may bring military prestige to any contending party , if it is to be defined by the limited fact of a single victory . I say that I cannot ...
... Plevna . I cannot , therefore , understand , totally irrespective of the news of the hour , which may bring military prestige to any contending party , if it is to be defined by the limited fact of a single victory . I say that I cannot ...
Page 185
... Plevna - Repulse of General Gourko's Force at Eski- Sagra - Conflicts in the Shipka Pass - The Capture of Loftcha - Osman Pasha's attack on the Russian left centre - His Defeat - Desperate assaults on the Turkish positions at Plevna by ...
... Plevna - Repulse of General Gourko's Force at Eski- Sagra - Conflicts in the Shipka Pass - The Capture of Loftcha - Osman Pasha's attack on the Russian left centre - His Defeat - Desperate assaults on the Turkish positions at Plevna by ...
Page 193
... Plevna and the Shipka Pass became names of ominous import to the soldiers of the Czar . How all this came to pass ... Plevna took place on July 20 and 31. The Bulgarian town of that name , twenty miles south of the Danube , was held by ...
... Plevna and the Shipka Pass became names of ominous import to the soldiers of the Czar . How all this came to pass ... Plevna took place on July 20 and 31. The Bulgarian town of that name , twenty miles south of the Danube , was held by ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
army Austro-Hungary Bill Bishop British brought Cabinet carried cause Chamber Chamber of Deputies chief Christian Church colour Constantinople Constitution course Court Czar Danube declared Eastern Question Emperor Empire England English Europe European expressed favour fire followed force foreign France Gallery German give Gladstone Government Grand guns hand honour House Imperial India interest King labour Lady London Lord Lord Derby Lord Hartington Lord Salisbury Majesty Marshal MacMahon ment Midhat Pasha miles military Minister Ministry nation o'clock officers opened Osman Pasha Ottoman Ottoman Empire painter Parliament party Pasha passed peace persons picture Plevna political Porte portrait Powers present President Prince prisoners provinces Queen railway reform remarkable represented result river Royal Russian seems Servia ship side South speech Sublime Porte Sultan tion to-day took town Treaty troops Turkey Turkish Turks vote whole
Popular passages
Page 269 - The Greek Testament: with a critically revised Text; a Digest of Various Readings; Marginal References to verbal and Idiomatic Usage; Prolegomena; and a Critical and Exegetical Commentary. For the Use of Theological Students and Ministers, By HENRY ALFORD, DD, Dean of Canterbury. Vol. I., containing the Four Gospels.
Page 272 - College, and Rector of St. Botolph's, and the Rev. WJ Beamont, MA, late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. With a Preface by the Lord Bishop of Winchester.
Page 306 - The Confessions of a Thug,' &c. &c. Edited by his Daughter. New and cheaper Edition, being the Fourth. Crown 8vo, 6s.
Page 272 - THE BOOK OF CHURCH LAW. Being an Exposition of the Legal Rights and Duties of the Parochial Clergy and the Laity of the Church of England. Revised by Sir WALTER GF PHILLIMORE, Bart., DCL Crown 8vo.
Page 269 - SACRED ALLEGORIES. The Shadow of the Cross —The Distant Hills— The Old Man's Home — The King's Messengers. By the Rev. WILLIAM ADAMS, MA, late Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.
Page 268 - Sermons on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holy Days throughout the Year. By the Rev. ISAAC WILLIAMS, BD, Author of a "Devotional Commentary on the Gospel Narrative.
Page 35 - Bulgarians, cowed and beaten down to the ground, hardly venturing to look upwards, even to their Father in heaven, have extended their hands to you; they have sent you their petition, they have prayed for your help and protection.
Page 220 - ... and duly audited ; and all statistical returns and certificates of character (Articles 67 77, and 80) may be accepted as trustworthy.
Page 135 - The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a View of the Primary Causes and Movements of " The Thirty Years
Page 274 - THE ANNOTATED BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER : being an Historical, Ritual, and Theological Commentary on the Devotional System of the Church of England.