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Adnan Harun Yahya

venting the Russian army's passage through the Siret River. However, Turk-

ish ships under the command of Hobart Pasha, arrived too late to gain con-
trol of the river. Four to five days had already passed before four vessels could

reach the critical points, allowing the Russian army to easily cross the river.
The Ottoman army, which was on the verge of gaining control of the Balka-

ns after defeating the Serbian and Montenegro armies, was stabbed in the
back. From that point on, there was nothing that could stop the Russian navy

from coming as far as Yeşilköy in Istanbul.

The Ottoman navy under Hobart Pasha's command was, in fact, a more

powerful army than that of the Russians, but strangely wasn't used to defend
the Balkans. Hobart Pasha sent the vessels from the western Black Sea to the

Caucasus and left the ground troops in the Balkans without support. At the
end of the war, the Ottomans had to cede both the Balkans and the Cauca-

sus.

Vere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart, who was the older brother of Hobart
Pasha, was at the time the director-general of the Ottoman Bank. He later

started working in the Ottoman Public Debt Administration that brought
about the bankruptcy of the Empire.

Arnold Burrowes Kemball

During the Russo-Turkish war, Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha headed the
Balkan forces of the Ottoman army. After the Rus-
sians passed the Danube River without incident,

they advanced on Svishtov and Nikopol and

easily won two battles. Since the main Balkan
forces couldn't get to the region in time, the
Turkish forces proved insufficient and in

a matter of one week, two battles were lost.

British general Arnold Kemball was a

part of the general staff of Abdülkerim
Arnold Burrowes
Pasha. Kemball had previously fought
Kemball
against Muslims during the Afghan wars with
the British army.