Battle of Kızıl Tepe

The Battle of Kizil-tepe (Turkish: Kızıltepe Muharebresi) was fought on August 25, 1877, between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. The Russian were attempting to besiege Kars. The Ottomans, vastly superior in numbers,^[4][5] successfully lifted the siege.

Battle of Kizil-Tepe
Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
The Battle of Kizil Tepe
Date August 25, 1877[1] Location near Kars Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mikhail Loris-Melikov Zakhary Chavchavadze Arshak Ter-Gukasov Ferdinand von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg	Ahmed Muhtar Pasha
Strength
35,000 infantry 5,000 cossacks[2]	35,000 infantry 12,000 cavalry 354 guns[2]
Casualties and losses
around 3,000 killed and wounded[3]	430 killed 1,400 wounded[3]

Notes

1. Barry 2011, p. 471. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBarry2011 (help)
2. Barry 2011, p. 467. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBarry2011 (help)
3. Barry 2011, p. 474. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBarry2011 (help)
4. Harbottle 2018, p. 126.
5. Jacques 2006, p. 535.

References

• Barry, Quentin (2012). War in the East: a Military History of the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78. West Midlands: Helion and Company. ISBN 9781910294154.
• Harbottle, T.B. (2018). Dictionary of Battles From the Earliest Date to the Present Time. Franklin Classics. ISBN 9780341839699.
• Jacques, T. (2006). Dictionary of battles and sieges [3 volumes]: A guide to 8,500 battles from antiquity through the twenty-first century. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313335365.

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