Omar Pasha
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Omer Pasha, also known as Omer Pasha Latas was an Ottoman field marshal and governor. Born in the Austrian Empire to Serbian Orthodox Christian parents, he initially served as an Austrian soldier. Whe
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Omer Pasha with his officers 1854.
Lord Raglan, Omer Pasha and Marshal Pelissier during the Crimean War, 1854–1856, photographed by Roger Fenton.
Battle of Oltenița
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The Battle of Oltenița was fought on 4 November 1853 and was the first engagement of the Crimean War. In this battle an Ottoman army under the command of Omar Pasha was defending its fortified positio
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…which saw Russia soundly defeated both diplomatically and military by a broad coalition of European powers. Latas was behind the Ottoman victories at Oltenița, Cetate, and Eupatoria. Omer Pasha was born Mihajlo Latas (Serbian: Михајло Латас), an ethnic Serb and Orthodox Christian, in Janja Gora, at the time…
Battle of Oltenitza
Battle of Oltenița by Karl Lanzedelli
The Oltenița Quarantine in 1854, photograph by Carol Szathmari