CHAPTER IX

FROM THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR TO THE PRESENT TIME 286

1. The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–8 286

2. The Boer War of 1899–1901 290

3. The War in South-west Africa (1904–7) 296

4. The Russo-Japanese War of 1904–5 296

5. The Occupation of Tripoli by the Italians (1911) 299

6. The War between Turkey and the Balkan States (1912–13) 300