Tchad
CHAD, or TSAD, LAKE, a large fresh-water lake of central Africa, in the Sudan, having the territories of Bornu, Kanem, and Bagirmi surrounding it; length, about 150 miles; breadth, about 100 miles; area, about 30,000 square miles, in the rainy season and about 7,000 in the dry season. Its principal feeder is the Shari from the S., and its shores are low and marshy. The lake (which has no outlet) swarms with turtles, fish, crocodiles, and hippopotami. It contains a number of small islands, which are densely peopled, as are also great part of its shores, especially in the W., where is the large town Kuka, capital of Bornu.
TCHERNAYA (cher'ni-ä), a river in the Crimea. On Aug. 16, 1855, the lines of the allied army at this place were attacked by 50,000 Russians under Prince Gortchakoff, who was repulsed with the TEA loss of 3,329 slain, 1,658 wounded, and 600 prisoners. The brunt of the attack was borne by two French regiments under General D'Herbillon. The loss of the allies was about 1,200; 200 of these were from the Sardinian contingent, which behaved with great gallantry, under the command of General La Marmora. The Russian General Read, and the Sardinian General Montevecchio, were killed. The object of the attack was the relief of Sebastopol, then closely besieged by the English and French.