Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Ak-Mechet

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... that during the siege of Ak-Mechet, bored soldiers began stealing watermelons from gardens outside the enemy fortress?

Source: * Abaza, Konstantin Konstantinovich (1902). Завоевание Туркестана [Conquest of Turkestan p=59] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Publishing House of Mikhail Stasyulevich.

ALT1: ... that during the siege of Ak-Mechet, poor placement of Russian artillery batteries caused them to shoot into each other? Source: * Terentyev, Mikhail Afrikanovich (1906). Историю завоевания Средней Азии [The history of the conquest of Central Asia] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Saint Petersburg. p. 123.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
ALT2: ... that after the siege of Ak-Mechet, a commander raised his handkerchief over the conquered fortress because he didn't have a Russian flag? Source: * Terentyev, Mikhail Afrikanovich (1906). Историю завоевания Средней Азии [The history of the conquest of Central Asia] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Saint Petersburg. p. 126.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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CitrusHemlock 15:10, 22 November 2024 (UTC).