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Identifier: emjengineeringmi99newy (find matches)
Title: E/MJ : engineering and mining journal
Year: 1915 (1910s)
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Subjects: Mineral industries Engineering
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill
Contributing Library: Engineering - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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own the current of the Churuk in a kyyook, the nativegondola, and then another short phaeton ride to Batoum.We did not have phaetons for the complete trip, as therewere too many fugitives for the supply of phaetons. the fire from enemys boats, should they make a visitat night. Turks < ^pti rj Russias Ajrti) leri The following morning the Turk- me1 the Russians atthe smeltery, the Turkish soldiers baving secured all thegood positions. The Russians started to -hoot theircannon at 8 a.m., and at -s p.m. the Turks had thecannon and the Russians retreated. We had lied in time.CTnfortunatelj some did not realize the gravity of thesituation, and when we called the roll in Batoum, oneAmerican and one Englishman were missing. Everyeffort \vas immediately made to locate them. The Ameri-can Government located the American at Trebizond,where he was a prisoner and later was released. We bavenot yet learned of the whereabouts of the Englishman.Instead of a few marauders. it was a part of a great
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