Siege of Togmai (25 Aug 1916 Jahr – 4 Sept 1916 Jahr)

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On 12 August, about 1,500 rebels engaged a Cossack sotnia, seventy soldiers, and 350-strong settler militia in a battle in the environs of Toqmaq. During the battle the expedition nearly lost a machine-gun to the rebels and was forced to retreat to Toqmaq.70 The rebel army quickly swelled as more Kyrgyz joined the rebellion. On 13 August, 5,000 rebels besieged the city of Toqmaq, which was cut off from the authorities in Vernyi and Tashkent for nearly two weeks between 13 and 22 August.71 The city was able to repel the attacks thanks in no small part to the said machine-gun. Collapsing p156

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