![]() ![]() That is not to say that there were no developments of importance in the region but they were not dictated or directly influenced by the two great powers. Instead their interests clashed in the Near East. There was an interimssion in Central Asia during which neither of the rivals made any threatening moves against each other. On the Russian side the disaster of the campaign against Khiva, followed by the largely unwanted success of the missions of Abbott and Shakespear in negotiating the release of Russian prisoners and other slaves marked the end of Russia’s first round, and left her temporarily without an explicit initiative. It had fallen far short of its objectives in securing India’s defence and the development of trade in Central Asia indeed it was a collapse. ![]() ![]() Lord Ellenborough’s campaign against Kabul to restore Britain’s sadly damaged prestige, his subsequent withdrawal and the failure to prevent the execution of Stoddart and Conolly in Bukhara marked the end of Britain’s first round in the Game. Anglo-Russian Rivalry in Central Asia 1810-1895 1st Edition is written by Gerald Morgan and published by Routledge. ![]()
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