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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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pick of the Turkish Armyin Asia Minor. Thi*eatening Mush and Bitlis,which after the fall of Kut do not seem tohave been held by the Russians in seriousforce, there were about 40,000 men, the greatermmiber south of the important pass at Bitlis.Some of these had possibly come up fromMesopotamia, where, between Mosul and Bagh-dad, there were still at least 60,000 men, notto speak of swarms of Kurdish irregulars.Tills gives about 40,000 men free to act againstGeneral Yudenitchs left wing and 60,000 tohold the Baghdad-Mosul line and to threatenthe Persian frontier. Opposite liis centre and right wing GeneralYudenitch had a nominal 300,000 to disputehis advance on Baiburt and Gumushkhane,Kelkid and Erzinjan. Ashkala, Erzinjan andGmnushkhane may be regarded very roughly asindicating the three angles of an equilateraltriangle, the latter place pointing north towai-dsTrebizond. The country is very rugged andmountainous, but there are good roads fromthe fork near Ashkala, north-west to Gimiush-
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KUKUISIl SOMJIHKS IN TIIH TURKISH AKMY. 272 rHE TIMHS HISTOIIY OF Till: MAR.

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