Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!amdahl!amdcad!military From: taus@HEL-FIRE.BRL.MIL (Richard A. Tauson) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Bushel Kabeer (sp) Message-ID: <27373@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: 20 Sep 89 07:46:09 GMT Sender: cdr@amdcad.AMD.COM Lines: 28 Approved: military@amdcad.amd.com From: Richard A. Tauson I have a historical inquiry, with a bit of history. My grandmother is trying to piece together my grandfather's history (he is several years deceased) and has hit an interesting brick wall. He served with the White Russian fleet in the Mediteranian Sea during the last stages of the Russian Revolution. During this period he spent some time in a mountain strong hold call Bushel Kabeer (spelling is phonetic, Bu zell' ka bEr') in Tunisia. I have been unable to find any references to this place in historical texts, and my grandmothers inquiries to Tunisia have been of the flavor of "Oh, you're more interested in (5 favorite tourist spots)". My questions are (1) are there any historcal sources that you can recommend? I am interested in the site in general and its role in the period of the Russian revolution in particular. (2) Is it possible that this is still an active military site? This is the only reason I can think of for the frequent side-stepping of inquieries, but it seems odd that defenses against early 1900 attack are still effective against modern weapons. Of course, one thinks of mountain strong-holds as part of a by-gone era until reminded of Cheyanne and Iron Mountains. Richard A. Tauson taus@hel-fire.brl.mil