| Battle of Kurekdere | |||||||
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| Part of the Crimean War | |||||||
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 Ottoman Empire |
 Russian Empire |
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| 25,000, + 8,000-10,000 irregulars (not engaged), 78 guns[3][4] |
21,000, + 4,000 irregulars, 64 guns[3][4] |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3,500 killed and wounded, 2,000 prisoners[3][4] |
3,000 killed and wounded[3][4] | ||||||
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The Battle of Kurekdere took place in 1854 as part of the Crimean War. It started when the Ottoman army of Kars [disambiguation needed] marched towards Gyumri to attack the Russian force, already weakened with detachments. The battle was related with great spirit and the defeat of the Turkish army by the Russian forces.[1]
In accounting the Russians for the defeat of an army nearly 40,000 Ottoman forces of all arms by a hostile force of less than one-half that number, it is not sufficient to say that the management of the whole battle on the side of the Turks was a series of blunders from the first to last, strategical errors might have protracted the mission and have added to the cost of a victory.[1][5] Four months after the battle of Kurekdere no military operations took place. Some European officers there were strongly advised a forward movement on Tiflis.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d A Narrative of the Siege of Kars: Together with a narrative of travel and adventures in Armenia... - Page 98 by Humphry Sandwith
- ^ Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 [signed G.D.]. By George Dodd
- ^ a b c d Charles Duncan, A Campaign with the Turks in Asia, 1855. p. 190-191[1]
- ^ a b c d George Dodd, Pictorial History of the Russian War 1854-5-6, 1856. p. 137[2]
- ^ The patriot and the hero general Guyon on the battle fields of Hungary and Asia By Arthur Kinglake, Richard Debaufre Guyon
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