ALEXEI NIKOLAIEVICH See also:

• ALEXEI NIKOLAIEVICH KUROPATKIN (1848– )

KUROPATKIN (1848– )  , See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1848 and entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in 1864 . From 1872 to 1874 he studied at the See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, after which he spent a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time with the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French troops in See also:

• ALGIERS (Fr. Alger, Arab. Jezair, i.e. The Islands)

Algiers . In 1875 he was employed in See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

• WORK

work in Kashgaria and in 1876 he took See also:

• PART

part in niilit_ary operations in Turkistan, Kokan and Samerkand . In the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 1877–78 against See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey he earned a See also:

• GREAT

great reputation as See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of staff to the younger Skobelev, and after the war he wrote a detailed and See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical See also:

• HISTORY

history of the operations which is still regarded as the classical work on the subject and is available for other nations in the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation by See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major Krahmer . After the war he served again on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders in command of the See also:

• TURKESTAN
• TURKESTAN, or HAZRET

Turkestan See also:

• RIFLE

Rifle See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

Brigade, and in 1881 he won further fame by a See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march of 500 See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles from See also:

• TASHKENT, or TASHKEND

Tashkent to Geok-Tepe, taking part in the storming of the latter See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . In 1882 he was promoted major-general, at the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of 34, and he henceforth was regarded by the army as the natural successor of Skobelev . In 1890 he was promoted See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general, and thirteen years later, having acquired in See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace and war the reputation of being one of the foremost soldiers in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, he quitted the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of war which he then held and took command of the Russian army then gathering in See also:

• MANCHURIA

Manchuria for the contest with See also:

• JAPAN

Japan . His See also:

• ILL

ill-success in the great war of 1904-5, astonishing as it seemed at the time, was largely attributable to his subjection to the See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior command of See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral Alexeiev, the See also:

• TSAR, or CZAR

tsar's See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy in the Far See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, and to See also:

• INTERNAL

internal See also:

• FRICTION (from Lat. fricare, to rub)

friction amongst the generals, though in his history of the war (Eng. trans., 1909) he frankly admitted his own mistakes and paid the highest See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute to the gallantry of the troops who had been committed to See also:

• BATTLE

battle under conditions unfavourable to success . After the defeat of See also:

• MUKDEN (Chinese Sheengking)

Mukden and the retirement of the whole army to Tieling he resigned the command to General Linievich, taking the latter officer's place at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of one of the three armies in Manchuria .