Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 207William Blackwood, 1920 - England |
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Page 87
... troops were to be withdrawn . A number of the leading Turkomans as well as a deputation from Bokhara came down to Askha- Russian Volunteer Army . Here was collected a force of Turko- mans sufficiently formidable when backed by the ...
... troops were to be withdrawn . A number of the leading Turkomans as well as a deputation from Bokhara came down to Askha- Russian Volunteer Army . Here was collected a force of Turko- mans sufficiently formidable when backed by the ...
Page 88
... troops would starve . I do not sug- gest that Great Britain should seek to secure a suzerainty over Turkestan ; far from it . All that would be necessary would be to give him moral , and it may be material , help in developing himself ...
... troops would starve . I do not sug- gest that Great Britain should seek to secure a suzerainty over Turkestan ; far from it . All that would be necessary would be to give him moral , and it may be material , help in developing himself ...
Page 90
... troops . Within a month of that withdrawal the Bol- shevists , meeting no opposition , occupied Merv , and I believe Askhabad . The whole story is pitiful . If we were not prepared to back the Turkomans and the volunteer army , why did ...
... troops . Within a month of that withdrawal the Bol- shevists , meeting no opposition , occupied Merv , and I believe Askhabad . The whole story is pitiful . If we were not prepared to back the Turkomans and the volunteer army , why did ...
Page 91
... troops troops were sent , and the necessary consent obtained or refused . Better a refusal to send troops than an ignominious withdrawal on the verge of success . Perhaps it was a pity that we ever sent troops beyond the Persian ...
... troops troops were sent , and the necessary consent obtained or refused . Better a refusal to send troops than an ignominious withdrawal on the verge of success . Perhaps it was a pity that we ever sent troops beyond the Persian ...
Page 123
... troops , " we should remember that diseip- line was useful . This order was none too helpful , especially since it was firmly believed both by officers and men that & somewhat non - combatant officer was responsible for it . Of course ...
... troops , " we should remember that diseip- line was useful . This order was none too helpful , especially since it was firmly believed both by officers and men that & somewhat non - combatant officer was responsible for it . Of course ...
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