title: III. Battles And Diplomacy During The War
abstract: In this chapter I will dwell on the battles of the war to the extent that Ottomans were involved in them, using Ottoman, Russian and European sources in a comparative and critical manner.I will focus on those battles, events and aspects of the war that I see as most important.One of the aims of this chapter is to examine the extent of reforms in the Ottoman army, how it fought, how it was led, organized and supplied.I will also analyse how the Porte carried out its diplomacy in this period, cons