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

The Priştine Detachment of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Priştine Müfrezesi) was one of the Detachments under the command of the Ottoman Vardar Army of the Western Army. It was formed in Priştine (present day: Pristina) area for the defense of Kosovo[2] during the First Balkan War.

Balkan Wars[]

Order of Battle, October 19, 1912[]

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

  • Priştine Detachment HQ (Serbian Front, under the command of the Vardar Army of the Western Army)
    • Redif Infantry Regiments x 2

Sources[]

  1. Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 204.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 202.
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