This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...joined the brigands for a time in the mountains. Volunteers flocked to his standard, Belgrad was captured, and the yoke of the Janissaries, who had snapped their fingers at the Sultan, was broken. Kara George, well aware that his country could not stand alone, asked for nothing more than autonomy, including the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...joined the brigands for a time in the mountains. Volunteers flocked to his standard, Belgrad was captured, and the yoke of the Janissaries, who had snapped their fingers at the Sultan, was broken. Kara George, well aware that his country could not stand alone, asked for nothing more than autonomy, including the substitution of Serbian for Turkish garrisons. The Sultan refused and war broke out. Kara George was victorious, and when Belgrad capitulated his followers revenged themselves for the centuries of oppression by a wholesale massacre of its Turkish inhabitants. The Sultan refused to recognise the independence of his rebellious province, and in 1812, when Russia's attention was claimed by the Napoleonic invasion, Turkish armies swept over the land. Kara George lost his nerve and fled to Austria, and after a spirited struggle of eight years the nascent flame of Serbian liberty was extinguished. The flight of Kara George and many of his supporters left Milosh Obrenovich the most influential man in the country. Beginning life as a farm-servant he had gained wealth, and distinguished himself in the war; but for the moment he bowed to the inevitable, and accepted a governorship from the Turks. In 1815, however, he revolted, and a fierce guerrilla war secured a few privileges, among them permission to bear arms. But the services of Milosh were tarnished in 1817, when Kara George was assassinated on his return to his native land. Thus began the terrible feud between Obrenovich and Karageorgevich which was to complicate and disgrace Serbian politics for nearly a century. Milosh now assumed the title of Prince of Serbia, and declared the title hereditary. Twelve years later the Treaty of Adrianople, dictated by Russia to Turkey, decreed that Serbia should be ind...
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