1877–1878 conflict between the Ottoman and Russian Empires

A bear wearing a spiked helmet and a gun is walking over a bridge marked "Protocol" which is supported by rulers of different countries. Drawing by M.C.P. (?), 12 July 1877.

Russo-Turkish War: wounded Russian soldiers being brought back to the rear at the siege of Plevna. Wood engraving by C.Roberts after I. Montagu, 1877.

Russo-Turkish War: Princess of Roumania's Hospital at Bucharest. Wood engraving by C. Roberts, 1877.

Russo-Turkish War: field hospital and ambulances waiting for the wounded. Wood engraving, 1877.

Russo-Turkish War: wounded and sick being taken to Cernavodă, Romania. Wood engraving, 1877.

213 pages : fron. (folded map), illustrations ; 20 cm

Under the red crescent, or, Ambulance adventures in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 / by R.B. Macpherson.

xix, 435 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 21 cm

Under the Red Crescent : adventures of an English surgeon with the Turkish army at Plevna and Erzeroum, 1877-1878 / related by Charles S. Ryan, in association with ... John Sandes.

viii, 207 pages 4 unnumbered leaves of folded plates : maps ; 26 cm

Report and record of the operations of the Stafford House Committee for the Relief of Sick and Wounded Turkish Soldiers : Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78.

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Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878

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Russo-Turkish War: Princess of Roumania's Hospital at Bucharest. Wood engraving by C. Roberts, 1877.

Under the red crescent, or, Ambulance adventures in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 / by R.B. Macpherson.

Russo-Turkish War: wounded and sick being taken to Cernavodă, Romania. Wood engraving, 1877.

Under the Red Crescent : adventures of an English surgeon with the Turkish army at Plevna and Erzeroum, 1877-1878 / related by Charles S. Ryan, in association with ... John Sandes.

Report and record of the operations of the Stafford House Committee for the Relief of Sick and Wounded Turkish Soldiers : Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78.

Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878

Images from the collections

Images referencing Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878

Works from the collections

Russo-Turkish War: Princess of Roumania's Hospital at Bucharest. Wood engraving by C. Roberts, 1877.

Under the red crescent, or, Ambulance adventures in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 / by R.B. Macpherson.

Russo-Turkish War: wounded and sick being taken to Cernavodă, Romania. Wood engraving, 1877.

Under the Red Crescent : adventures of an English surgeon with the Turkish army at Plevna and Erzeroum, 1877-1878 / related by Charles S. Ryan, in association with ... John Sandes.

Report and record of the operations of the Stafford House Committee for the Relief of Sick and Wounded Turkish Soldiers : Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78.

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