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conflict=Battle of Erzincan<br> |
|conflict=Battle of Erzincan<br>Эрзинджанское сражение<br>Erzincan Muherabesi |
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|part of=[[World War I]], [[Caucasus Campaign]] |
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|date=2–25 July 1916 |
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|place=[[Erzincan]], [[Erzurum Vilayet]], [[Ottoman Empire]] |
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|result=Russian victory |
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|combatant1={{flag|Russian Empire|1914}} |
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|combatant2={{flag|Ottoman Empire}} |
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|commander1=[[Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich|Nikolai Yudenich]]<br>[[Sebastatsi Murad]] |
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|commander2=[[Vehip Pasha]] |
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|strength1=[[Russian Caucasus Army (World War I)|Russian Caucasus Army]]<br>Armenian Volunteers |
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|strength2=[[Third Army (Ottoman Empire)|Third Army]] |
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|casualties1=Unknown |
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|casualties2=Unknown |
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{{Campaignbox Caucasus Campaign}} |
{{Campaignbox Caucasus Campaign}} |
Revision as of 23:05, 1 December 2016
Battle of Erzincan Эрзинджанское сражение Erzincan Muherabesi | |||||||
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Nikolai Yudenich Sebastatsi Murad | Vehip Pasha | ||||||
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Russian Caucasus Army Armenian Volunteers | Third Army | ||||||
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Unknown | Unknown |
The Battle of Erzincan (Russian: Эрзинджанское сражение, Turkish: Erzincan Muharebesi) was a Russian victory over the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.
In February 1916, Nikolai Yudenich had taken the cities of Erzurum and Trabzon. Trabzon had provided the Russians with a port to receive reinforcements in the Caucasus. Enver Pasha ordered the Third Army, now under Vehip Pasha, to retake Trabzon.[1] Vehip's attack failed and General Yudenich counterattacked on July 2.[1] The Russian attack hit the Turkish communications center of Erzincan forcing Vehip's troops to retreat as well as losing 34,000 men, half taken as POWs.[1] As a result, the Third Army was rendered ineffective for the rest of the year.[2]
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References
- Spencer C. Tucker(Editor), A Global Chronology of Conflict, Volume Four, ABC-CLIO, 2010.
- Erzurum-Erzincan