‘The strategic importance of the Euphrates valley railway’ [6] (65/204)
The record is made up of 1 volume (22 pages). It was created in 1873. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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munication radiate. The first of the Turcoman
forts, Kizil Arvat, has already been taken by the
Russians, and during the advance on Khiva this
summer, a column will, not improbably, be de
tached to capture the remaining forts, and thus
cover the right flank of the army. Communication
once established with Turkistan by this line, Khiva
may well be left independent. The proposed line
of Railway which is now being surveyed by Engi
neers will run from Enselli on the Caspian via
Resht, Kassivin, Teheran, Kum and Shiraz to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and open up direct communication
between India and the Russian posts on the Caspian.
Russia will never attempt a direct attack upon
India, where her troops, harassed by fatiguing
marches through the mountains, would be met by a
highly disciplined force; her real objective is the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and to any advance in this direction
Persia can now offer no serious resistance.
An attempt on the part of Russia to obtain pos
session of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
would almost certainly
lead to a war with England, and as the pamphlet
points out, the actual conflict would probably take
place on the plains of Mesopotamia. In such a
case a Railway, such as the proposed Euphrates
Line, would be of inestimable value to England,
and enable her to enter on the struggle with every
chance of success.
C. W W.
Fcbrtiary, 1873.
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The Strategic importance of the Euphrates Valley Railway , by F M L [Feldmarschallleutnant] Baron Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld, Austrian War Minister, translated by Captain Charles William Wilson. Published by Edward Stanford of 6 & 7 Charing Cross, London, 1873. Authorised translation; second edition. A note at the end of the volume states that the speech was written by von Kuhnenfeld in 1858, and the first edition published in 1869.
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- ‘The strategic importance of the Euphrates valley railway’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:48, 1:22, 1:64, 1:32, 1:24, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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- Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld
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