The Russo-Turkish campaigns of 1828 and 1829 : with a view of the present state of affairs in the East
Chesney served in the British Royal Artillery forces. In 1829, he accompanied supplies to the Turkish forces to support their fight against Russian invasion; though the conflict was over by the time he arrived, he subsequently travelled in the region and interviewed a number of participants involved. Due to the tense relations between the Ottoman Empire and Russia in the 1850s, Chesney revisited the people he met in 1829 and the early 1830s and convinced officers from both Turkey and Russia to reminisce about the campaign
360 pages [2] pages of plates : maps ; 20 cm
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Includes "appendix containing the diplomatic correspondence between the four powers, and the secret correspondence between the Russian and English governments."
Includes maps