Talk:Siege of Pleven

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Something's wrong when there are more casualties than troops in the army

I believe the Turks were reinforced beyond 30k before the town was fully surrounded TMLutas 21:31, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

I found this source [1] which is horribly biased in favor of the turks but it puts the peak end strength @ 45k effectives on the Ottoman side due to reinforcements arriving on the 22nd.

TMLutas 21:37, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Other links

http://www.el-soft.com/panorama/en/07_mavzolej.html

[edit] Abuse of prisoners and other matters

The following was recently added; I believe it should either be cited for, or removed:

They were subjected to a death march comparable to the Germans who surrendered at Stalingrad. Only a handful of them returned to Turkey after the war. Turks rarely took prisoners and chose to kill and mutilate any russians they captured.

- Jmabel | Talk 20:13, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Similar problems with the recently added uncited "story" added by Calengurth, who also (without citation) nearly doubled the number of casualties on the Russian/Romanian side. - Jmabel | Talk 06:17, 8 November 2006 (UTC)