Word: bagradian
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...Gabriel Bagradian. rich Armenian back home in Syria after 23 years in Paris, nothing of this scheme was known. With his French wife and young son he had returned to his family estate just in time to be caught by the outbreak of the War. As an officer of Turkish artillery, he expected to be called up, was prepared to go. But significant incidents and rumors soon showed him how the wind was blowing. While he was waiting for the storm he racked his brain to find a possible shelter. On Musa Dagh, seagirt mountain overlooking the village, he found...
...Bagradian had laid his plans well. When the Turks discovered where the rebels were and went after them, they stumbled on carefully hidden trench systems manned by desperate sharpshooters. Three times, in increasing numbers, the Turks attacked. When they brought artillery Bagradian thought it was all over, but a night sortie captured the guns. For 40 days the Armenians held out. Both they and the Turks knew famine would get them in the end, but the Turks' military honor was at stake: they planned a final annihilating stroke, with regulars, machine guns, mountain artillery. Bagradian knew...
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