W.E.D. Allen, P. Muratoff, "Caucasian Battlefields: A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border 1828-1921"
W.E.D. Allen, P. Muratoff, "Caucasian Battlefields: A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border 1828-1921"
Publisher: CUP | 2011 | ISBN: 110801335X | English | PDF | 690 pages | 195.65 Mb
Publisher: CUP | 2011 | ISBN: 110801335X | English | PDF | 690 pages | 195.65 Mb
The Caucasus region, which forms a natural boundary between Asia and Europe, has always been of great strategic importance. Russia's expansion into the region in the late eighteenth century brought conflict with the Ottoman Empire, creating a new area of contention between these two states, and the borderlands remained in a state of intermittent conflict until the end of the First World War. This volume, first published in 1953, discusses the four major conflicts which took place in the region during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing on military strategy, the book describes in great detail battles, skirmishes and logistical problems of warfare in a mountainous and remote region.
Illustrated with thirty-nine maps, it provides a wealth of information for military historians and remains an authoritative account.
Book I. The Russian Conquest of Caucasia:
1. The historical geography of Caucasia
2. The Russo-Turkish campaign of 1828–9
3. Russian pacification of the main chain of the Caucasus. Development of British interest in Caucasia 1830–52
Book II. The Caucasian Theatre during the Crimean War:
4. Frontier operations, Autumn 1853
5. Operations in Guria and Kakheti. Battle of Kurudere. Summer-Autumn 1854
6. Siege of Kars. Operations in Eleskirt region. Turkish invasion of Western Georgia, 1855–6
Book III. The Caucasian Campaign of 1877–8:
7. The Russian and Turkish armies in 1877. Failure of the Russian 'protective offensive'
8. The Black Sea coast. Operation against Batum and Turkish diversion in Abkhazia
9. Tergukasov's operation in the Eleskirt Valley. The two actions at Tahir (June 1877)
10. Battle of Zivin-dag. Tergukasov's retreat and the relief of Bayazit
11. The defence of Batum and the diversion in Abkhazia. Second pass, June-August 1877
12. The Aras valley and the passes of the Agri-dag. Battle of Kizil-tepe. August-September 1877
13. Battles for Kars: Yahni and Alaca-dag, October 1877
14. The Battle of the Camel's Neck (4 November 1877). Attempt to storm Erzurum (8–9 November)
15. The storm of Kars. Winter operations in the Coruh Valley, November 1877 to January 1878
Book IV. The Caucasian Campaigns of World War I, 1914–18:
16. The Transcaucasian frontier, 1878–1914. The German factor in the Middle East
17. Turkish prelude to World War I
18. War on the Caucasian Frontier, November 1914
19. Sarikamis: Enver's Caucasian offensive, December 1914
20. The defence of Sarikamis, 26-31 December 1914
21. The defeat of Enver Pasa
22. The consequences of Sarikamis
23. Flank operations on the Caucasian Front, January–March 1915
24. Advance of IV Caucasian Army Corps and counter-offensive of the Turkish Third Army. Battle of Malazgirt, July 1915
26. Lull on the Caucasian Front. Yudenich's new plans. September–December 1915
27. The Battle of Koprukoy, 10–19 January 1916
28. Before the storm of Erzurum, 20 January to 10 February 1916
29. The storm of Erzurum, 11–15 February, 1916
30. Consequences of the fall of Erzurum. Operations on the strategic flanks to end of March 1916
31. Baratov in Persia, December 1915 to March 1916
32. The Caucasian front to April 1916. Trebizond operation
33. Anglo-Russian strategic co-operation. Baratov's advance to Kasr-i-Shirin, April–May 1916
34. The Caucasian front to June 1916. Vehip Pasa's abortive offensive
35. Battles of Bayburt and Dumanli-dag, Fall of Erzincan, July 1916
36. War in the mountains. Bingol and Dersim, June-July 1916
37. The offensive of the Turkish Second Army, August–September 1916
38. The second Turkish invasion of Persia, June–August 1916
39. The winter of 1916–17
40. The abortive attempt at Anglo-Russian combined strategy, January–May 1917
41. The Turkish invasion of Transcaucasia, 1918
Epilogue
Bibliographical and supplementary notes
Index.
1. The historical geography of Caucasia
2. The Russo-Turkish campaign of 1828–9
3. Russian pacification of the main chain of the Caucasus. Development of British interest in Caucasia 1830–52
Book II. The Caucasian Theatre during the Crimean War:
4. Frontier operations, Autumn 1853
5. Operations in Guria and Kakheti. Battle of Kurudere. Summer-Autumn 1854
6. Siege of Kars. Operations in Eleskirt region. Turkish invasion of Western Georgia, 1855–6
Book III. The Caucasian Campaign of 1877–8:
7. The Russian and Turkish armies in 1877. Failure of the Russian 'protective offensive'
8. The Black Sea coast. Operation against Batum and Turkish diversion in Abkhazia
9. Tergukasov's operation in the Eleskirt Valley. The two actions at Tahir (June 1877)
10. Battle of Zivin-dag. Tergukasov's retreat and the relief of Bayazit
11. The defence of Batum and the diversion in Abkhazia. Second pass, June-August 1877
12. The Aras valley and the passes of the Agri-dag. Battle of Kizil-tepe. August-September 1877
13. Battles for Kars: Yahni and Alaca-dag, October 1877
14. The Battle of the Camel's Neck (4 November 1877). Attempt to storm Erzurum (8–9 November)
15. The storm of Kars. Winter operations in the Coruh Valley, November 1877 to January 1878
Book IV. The Caucasian Campaigns of World War I, 1914–18:
16. The Transcaucasian frontier, 1878–1914. The German factor in the Middle East
17. Turkish prelude to World War I
18. War on the Caucasian Frontier, November 1914
19. Sarikamis: Enver's Caucasian offensive, December 1914
20. The defence of Sarikamis, 26-31 December 1914
21. The defeat of Enver Pasa
22. The consequences of Sarikamis
23. Flank operations on the Caucasian Front, January–March 1915
24. Advance of IV Caucasian Army Corps and counter-offensive of the Turkish Third Army. Battle of Malazgirt, July 1915
26. Lull on the Caucasian Front. Yudenich's new plans. September–December 1915
27. The Battle of Koprukoy, 10–19 January 1916
28. Before the storm of Erzurum, 20 January to 10 February 1916
29. The storm of Erzurum, 11–15 February, 1916
30. Consequences of the fall of Erzurum. Operations on the strategic flanks to end of March 1916
31. Baratov in Persia, December 1915 to March 1916
32. The Caucasian front to April 1916. Trebizond operation
33. Anglo-Russian strategic co-operation. Baratov's advance to Kasr-i-Shirin, April–May 1916
34. The Caucasian front to June 1916. Vehip Pasa's abortive offensive
35. Battles of Bayburt and Dumanli-dag, Fall of Erzincan, July 1916
36. War in the mountains. Bingol and Dersim, June-July 1916
37. The offensive of the Turkish Second Army, August–September 1916
38. The second Turkish invasion of Persia, June–August 1916
39. The winter of 1916–17
40. The abortive attempt at Anglo-Russian combined strategy, January–May 1917
41. The Turkish invasion of Transcaucasia, 1918
Epilogue
Bibliographical and supplementary notes
Index.
W.E.D. Allen, P. Muratoff, "Caucasian Battlefields: A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border 1828-1921"
