User:Central Data Bank/Battles of Moush-Bitlis

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Battles of Moush-Bitlis
Part of Ottoman Summer Offensive of 1916

Mustafa Kemal Pasha with his XVI. Corps at Bitlis.
Date2-8 August 1916
Location
Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Result Ottoman victory[1]
Belligerents
 Russian Empire  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Russian Empire Tovmas Nazarbekian
Russian Empire Col. Potto		 Ottoman Empire Mustafa Kemal Pasha
Units involved

IV Caucasian Army Corps

  • 6th Cau. Rifle Brigade (Bitlis)
  • 7th Cau. Rifle Brigade (Bitlis)
  • 8th Cau. Rifle Brigade (Bitlis)
  • 261st Akhulginski Reg. (Moush)

XVI. Corps

  • 5th Division (Bitlis)[1]
  • 8th Division (Moush)
Strength
Bitlis:
  • 2 Brigades
  • 6,000 men
  • 1 Brigade in reserve
Moush:
  • 1 Regiment
  • 3,000 men
  • 2 howitzers
 Bitlis:
  • 1 Division
  • 6,000 men
Moush:
  • 1 Division
  • 5,000 men
Casualties and losses
Bitlis:
  • 6,000 men
Moush:
  • 1,000 men
  • 2 howitzers

Bitlis:

Moush:
  • 3,000 men

The Battles of Moush-Bitlis, known in Turkey simply as the Battle of Bitlis (Turkish: Bitlis Muharebesi) were fought between 2-8 August 1916, during the Caucasus campaign of World War I. The battles were part of the Ottoman Summer Offensive of 1916, in which the 2nd Army assaulted Russian positions in eastern Anatolia. Two Ottoman divisions, under the command of Mustafa Kemal Pasha assaulted positions of two Russian brigades at Bitlis and one regiment at Moush, all under the command of Tovmas Nazarbekian. Following severe defeats in the Caucasus, the capture of Moush and Bitlis greatly boosted Ottoman morale, while causing concern for General Nikolai Yudenich, the commander of the Russian Caucasus Army. Following the Turkish victories, the 2nd Army's advance stalled in late-August and the Russian Army was able to recapture Bitlis on 25 August[2] leading to the Ottomans abandoning Moush in late September.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Allen, William Edward David; Muratoff, Paul. Caucasian Battlefields: A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border 1828-1921. ISBN 978-1-108-013352.
  2. ^ Çeliker, H. Fahri. Bitlis'in Kurtuluşu ve Mustafa Kemal Paşa [The Liberation of Bitlis and Mustafa Kemal Pasha].
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