Identifier: decisivebattless00knox (find matches)
Title: Decisive battles since Waterloo : the most important military events from 1815 to 1887
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896
Subjects: Monitor (Ironclad) Battles Military history Military art and science Naval battles Naval history Naval art and science Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862
Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons New Rochelle, N.Y. : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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w theyconfront each other on the plains and among the moun-tains of Afghanistan, and on more than one occasion inthe past few years a hostile encounter has been imminent. In her southward march over the plains of Central Asia,Russia successfully conquered numerous tribes and khan-ates of greater or less importance, and in most instancesthe conquests were bloodless. The Russians are superiorto the British in their knowledge of Oriental character andOriental ways of dealing; and for this reason they areoften able to accomplish by diplomacy what the latter canonly gain by righting. Having a good deal of the Asiaticin their composition, they are better fitted than any otherEuropean people for dealing with the inhabitants of thatpart of the world, which has been claimed to be the cradleof the human race. The Russians usually try diplomacybefore resorting to arms, but the arms are generally closeat hand during the negotiations, and whenever they areneeded there is no delay in their use. 365
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CHAPTER XX. FALL OF KHIVA—1873. While England has been pursuing a career of conquestin the great Indian peninsula and adjacent countries,Russia has been doing likewise in Northern Asia. Yermak,a Cossack chief, crossed the Ural Mountains, and invadedSiberia in 1580 ; nineteen years later was formed the EastIndia Company, which laid the foundation of the presentBritish Empire in India. Englands course of conquesthas carried her arms to the northward, while those ofRussia have steadily pushed to the south. Now theyconfront each other on the plains and among the moun-tains of Afghanistan, and on more than one occasion inthe past few years a hostile encounter has been imminent. In her southward march over the plains of Central Asia,Russia successfully conquered numerous tribes and khan-ates of greater or less importance, and in most instancesthe conquests were bloodless. The Russians are superiorto the British in their knowledge of Oriental character andOriental ways of dealing; and for

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