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Ottoman forces abandon a plague-ridden fortress
12020-04-03T21:45:17-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5910Facing alarming disease rates and low supplies, Ottoman forces decamp from the fortress of Khotin rather than face additional casualties... and siege by Russia's First Army.plain2020-04-10T17:50:23-04:0009-09-1769Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5The Ottoman army that had made its way first across the Danube and then across the Dniester rivers suffered primarily from poor provisioning, with its soldiers forced to eat "bread baked from mouldy flour." Add to that an early winter, an early and wet spring, polluted water sources, and it is no wonder that contagion of various kinds spread rapidly. [101-102]
Facing alarming disease rates and low supplies, Ottoman forces decamp from the fortress of Khotin (see the map below) rather than face additional casualties... and siege by Russia's First Army.
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