place
Kars
also: Карс
A fortress city in the Caucasus (now northeastern Turkey), site of major Russian sieges in 1855 and 1877-78, invoked as a byword for military hardship.
Reading notes
- If You Chase Two Hares, You Won't Catch Either §1 under Kars
A fortress city in the Caucasus (now northeastern Turkey), the site of major Russian sieges in 1855 and 1877-78; the major invokes his supposed campaign service there for comic bravado.