THE CHANGES OF A CENTURY.
Tin' following table of datos show* Unit ilurinjr a little more than a century England lias been altcruaLelv the friend and fur of all the European powers on tie; Turkish question : - 17+0—Austria and Russia agree todiviilo Turkey, Great soa light at Sein. 1770 -England and Russia fid.t Turke; . I /HO -Austria and Russia light again t Turkey, and Turkey loses two hundred t luiisuid inon. ! 70S—England joins Turkey n-ain.st France, and drives the French o°ut of Egypt. |M(7 -Russia joins Turkey against England ami almost destrovs the English fleet in the Dardanelles under Sir John Duckworth. IS27—English and Russian licet destroys the Turkish fleet at. Navurino. 152., -Russia tights Turkey, and the .-■acred -standard' is uiifurlei'. Ihy.'! -Russia enters Co.nstanliu.-.p!", and makes an offensive and deleave alliance with Turkcv. IS-i4 England, France, and Turkey Mlbdllu Russia ill the Crimea. 1.577 Russia defeats Turkey, and this time England looks on.
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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 94, 19 July 1879, Page 2
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154THE CHANGES OF A CENTURY. Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 94, 19 July 1879, Page 2
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