Siege of Plevna
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Ottoman Empire, Cities, Urbanization
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, Eastern European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Balkans, Bulgaria
- Date: July 19-December 10, 1877
Article abstract: Type of action: Siege in the Russo-Turkish Wars. Result: The Turks surrendered when they ran out of supplies in November, 1877.
In the war between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Russians won lands in Transcaucasia, and Russians and Turks exchanged victories in the Balkans. However, Plevna held out for five months against the numerically superior foe.
N. P. Krudener’s troops crossed the Danube, encamping twenty-five miles from Plevna. The Turkish commander Ghāzī ʿOthmān Pasha spent considerable energy building...
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