Battle of Aladzha
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| Battle of Aladzha | |||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) | |||||||
 Aleksey Kivshenko. Russian cavalry pursues the Turks during the battle | |||||||
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 Russian Empire |
 Ottoman Empire | ||||||
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| Mikhail Loris-Melikov | Ahmed Muhtar Pasha | ||||||
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56 000 220 guns |
38 000 74 guns | ||||||
The Battle of Aladzha (Template:Lang-tr; Template:Lang-ru) 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
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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