Under the Red Crescent: Adventures of an English Surgeon with the Turkish Army at Plevna and Erzeroum 1877-1878Ryan, Charles S. (Charles Snodgrass)
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Under the Red Crescent: Adventures of an English Surgeon with the Turkish Army at Plevna and Erzeroum 1877-1878
Ryan, Charles S. (Charles Snodgrass)
Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878 -- Personal narratives
Orkhanieh, pass of, 52, 300.
Osma river, 155, 210.
Osman Bey, 206.
Osman Effendi, 67, 143, 180, 239, 242.
Osman Pasha, 34, 67, 104, 108;
commander-in-chief of the troops in Widdin, 60;
his ball, 68-73;
his interest in artillery practice, 97;
on his troops, 98;
his plan of campaign, 99;
army, 101;
condition of his men, 102;
his arrival at Plevna, 120;
defeats the Russians, 126;
his force, 126;
strict disciplinarian, 147;
his preparations for recapturing Lovtcha, 155;
his bay cob, 169;
at Grivitza, 170;
rallies the men, 175;
congratulations on his victory, 182;
presented with the first order of the Osmanli, 183;
his address to the troops, 183;
antipathy to war correspondents, 192;
council of war, 212;
his care of the wounded, 243;
wish to attend the _parlementaire_, 251;
reception of the medical party, 285;
wish for an English saddle and bridle, 417.
Osmanli, fourth order of the, 392.
PAIN, OLIVIER, 158, 190-196;
war correspondent of a Geneva newspaper, 192.
Paris, 3.
Parramatta, 37.
Pearse, 310.
Pelischat, 35;
battle of, 198-205.
Pera, 12, 415.
Persian, practical joke on a, 397.
_Pilaf_, or boiled rice, 26.
Pinkerton, John, 301, 324, 326, 331, 334, 342;
attacked by typhus fever, 346;
death, 350.
Pirot, 29.
Pizareff, Captain Serge, 370, 374, 377, 381, 388.
Plevna, 3, 34, 113, 114, 217;
march to, 107;
inhabitants, 114;
fortifications, 115, 152, 184;
commencement of hostilities, 121;
first battle, 122;
repulse of the Russians, 127;
second battle, 166;
revival of trade, 182;
earthworks, 184, 220;
third battle, 219;
system of field fortification, 220;
defeat of the Russians, 235;
report on the state of the wounded, 289-292.
Po, the, 7.
Poradim, 166, 197.
Power, Frank, war correspondent for the _Daily Telegraph_, 83;
death, 85.
Pressburg, 3.
Price, 393.
Prinkapo, 309.
Pruth, 79.
Purnekapan, 323, 362, 406.
Pyæmia, ravages of, 276, 331, 334.
RADISHEVO village, 72, 169, 227, 236.
Rahova garrison, 99.
Rasgrad, 166.
Red Cross Society, 30.
Redif Pasha, 100.
Redoubts, construction of, 221;
access to, 222;
area, 223.
Reif Bey, 125, 159.
Rennison, Tom, 342, 343, 367, 380, 385.
Revel Regiment, 232.
Rhine, 9.
Rifaat Pasha, Brigadier, 156, 209.
Robert, Dr., 118, 121, 125, 152, 189, 297;
his hospitality, 164.
Rochefort, Henri, 192.
Rome, 4.
Rookh, 242, 270.
Rosen, Baroness von, 301.
Roumania espouses the Russian cause, 79.
Roumania, Prince Charles of, 251.
Roumanian gunners, difficulty in finding the range, 97;
troops, 60;
vessel blown up, 92.
Roy, Dr., 301, 392.
Russia, declaration of war, 88;
plan of campaign, 105.
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