Battle of Aladzha

Battle of Aladzha
	Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
	; Aleksey Kivshenko. Russian cavalry pursues the Turks during the battle
Date	2–15 October 1877
Location	Aladzha heights, Western Armenia
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mikhail Loris-Melikov	Ahmed Muhtar Pasha
Strength
56 000 ; 220 guns	38 000 ; 74 guns
Casualties and losses
764 killed; 4,707 wounded; 107 prisoners; Total: 5,578	10,438 killed and wounded,; 8,948 prisoners, ; 3,000 deserters; Total: 22,386, 35 guns, 2 banners.

The Battle of Aladzha (Turkish language: Alacadağ Muharebesi; Russian: Авлияр-Аладжинское сражение) was a key battle of the Caucasian campaign of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Russian troops broke through the defenses of the Turkish troops on the Aladzhin heights, which allowed them to seize the initiative and begin the siege of Kars.^[1]

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Military encyclopedia of Sytin. Aladzha

Bibliography[]

James Reid, 2000: Crisis of the Ottoman Empire: Prelude to Collapse 1839-1878. Franz Steiner Verlag ISBN 3-515-07687-5
Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Paşa, Eski Yazıdan Aktaran, 1996: Sergüzeşt-i Hayatım'ın Cildi-i Sanisi. Yücel Demirel: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları ISBN 975-333-045-6

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[mes-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Military encyclopedia of Sytin. Aladzha

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