The Battle of Svistov was a battle of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. It was fought between the

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and

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on 26 June 1877. It occurred when Russian general

Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov (russian: Михаил Иванович Драгомиров; – ) was a Russian general and military writer. His grandfather Ivan Antonovych Dragomirecki-Mockewicz after being granted a noble title in 1786, change ...

crossed the

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in a fleet of small boats and attacked the Turkish fortress. The next day,

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attacked, forcing the Turkish garrison to surrender. In result, the Russian military became ready to attack Nikopol.

References

* George Bruce. ''Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles''. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981) (). Svistov Svistov Svistov Svishtov 1877 in Bulgaria Svistov Svistov History of Veliko Tarnovo Province June 1877 events {{Ottoman-battle-stub