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İpek Detachment
İpek Müfrezesi
Active October–November 3, 1912[1]
Country Ottoman Empire
Allegiance Western Army
Size Detachment
Garrison/HQ İpek (present day: Peć)
Patron Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Cavit Pasha

The İpek Detachment of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: İpek Müfrezesi) was one of the Detachment under the command of the Ottoman Western Army. It was formed in İpek (present day: Peć) area during the First Balkan War.

Balkan Wars[]

Order of Battle, October 19, 1912[]

On October 19, 1912, the detachment was structured as follows:[2]

  • İpek Detachment HQ (Montenegrin Front, under the command of the Western Army)
    • 21st Division
      • 61st Infantry Regiment
      • 62nd Infantry Regiment
    • Pirzerin Redif Division

Sources[]

  1. Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 204.
  2. Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 170.
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