Battle of Erzincan

1916 battle of World War I

Battle of Erzincan
Эрзинджанское сражение
Երզնկայի ճակատամարտ
Erzincan Savaşı

Part of World War I

Surrender of Turkish soldiers
| Date| 2–25 July 1916

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Location|

Erzincan, Erzurum Vilayet, Ottoman Empire

Result|  Russian victory

Territorial
changes|  Russians successfully capture Erzincan from the Ottomans
Belligerents
Russian Empire|  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Nikolai Yudenich|  Wehib Pasha
Topal Osman
Strength
Russian Caucasus Army Greek Caucasus Division|  Third Army
Casualties and losses
12,000[1]|  34,000, of them 17,000 captured[2]

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Caucasus campaign

* Bergmann Offensive
* Sarikamish
* Ardahan
* Van
* Manzikert
* Kara Killisse
* Erzurum
* Koprukoy
* 1st Trebizond
* 1st Bitlis
* Muş
* Çapakçur
* Erzincan
* 2nd Trebizond
* Choloki
* German expedition
* Sardarabad
* Abaran
* Karakilisa
* Goychay
* Aghsu
* Kurdamir
* Binagadi
* Baku
* Dagestan

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Associated articles

* Dunsterforce
* Norperforce

The Battle of Erzincan (Russian: Эрзинджанское сражение, Turkish: Erzincan Muharebesi) was a Russian victory over the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.

In February 1916, Nikolai Yudenich had taken the cities of Erzurum and Trabzon. Trabzon had provided the Russians with a port to receive reinforcements in the Caucasus. Enver Pasha ordered the Third Army, now under Vehip Pasha, to retake Trabzon.[3] Vehip's attack failed and General Yudenich counterattacked on July 2.[3] The Russian attack hit the Turkish communications center of Erzincan forcing Vehip's troops to retreat as well as losing 34,000 men, half taken as POWs.[3] As a result, the Third Army was rendered ineffective for the rest of the year and Erzincan was captured by the Russians.[4]

## Notes

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1. ^ Allen W. E. D., Muratoff Paul. Caucasian Battlefields: A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border 1828–1921. Cambridge University Press. 2011. p. 411.
2. ^ Boyd, Douglas (September 2014). Other First World War: The Blood-Soaked Eastern Front. ISBN 978-0750957861.
3. ^ a b c A Global Chronology of Conflict, Volume Four, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 1625.
4. ^ David Eggenberger, An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 b.c. to the Present, (Courier Dover Publications, 1985), 137.

## References

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* Spencer C. Tucker(Editor), A Global Chronology of Conflict, Volume Four, ABC-CLIO, 2010.
* Erzurum-Erzincan

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