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... British govern- ment . He accordingly sent Czar Nicholas I a letter telling him to withdraw his troops from the principalities . The Czar refused and on March 28 , 1854 , the western powers declared war . In due course British and ...
... British govern- ment . He accordingly sent Czar Nicholas I a letter telling him to withdraw his troops from the principalities . The Czar refused and on March 28 , 1854 , the western powers declared war . In due course British and ...
Page 381
... British crown colony , its annexation having been recog- nized by Greece and Turkey in the Treaty of Lausanne a few years earlier . Greek Cypriot agitation for enosis persisted throughout British rule and in 1931 led to serious riots ...
... British crown colony , its annexation having been recog- nized by Greece and Turkey in the Treaty of Lausanne a few years earlier . Greek Cypriot agitation for enosis persisted throughout British rule and in 1931 led to serious riots ...
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... British advance . However , after a skirmish at Cooch's Bridge , south of Newark , the British troops abandoned the direct road to their goal and crossed into Pennsylvania , where Washington met them and was defeated by them at the ...
... British advance . However , after a skirmish at Cooch's Bridge , south of Newark , the British troops abandoned the direct road to their goal and crossed into Pennsylvania , where Washington met them and was defeated by them at the ...
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