334bceon his expedition against Persia. The strait has always been of great strategic and economic importance as the gateway toIstanbuland the Black Sea from theMediterranean. The strait was forced by a British fleet under Adm. Sir John T. Duckworth in 1807. DuringWorld War ItheAlliesfailed ...
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The map of that part of the world must be so indelibly stamped on the memories of our countrymen by recent hostilities40 that no topographical description is necessary. The general situation in the winter of 1877-78 was this: There was a small but well-equipped Turkish Army of a strength ...