Battle of Bitlis

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Battle of Bitlis
Битлисское сражение

Mustafa Kemal at Bitlis.

Date	March 2-August 24, 1916
Location	Bitlis, Western Armenia
Result	Russian victory

Belligerents

Russian Empire

Ottoman Empire

Commanders

Nikolai Yudenich

Strength

Russian Caucasus Army

Second Army

v • d • e Caucasus Campaign

Bergmann Offensive – Sarikamis – Persian Campaign– Van – Manzikert – Kara Killisse – Erzerum Campaign – Trebizond – Bitlis – Erzinjan – Sardarapat – Abaran – Karakilisa – Baku

The Battle of Bitlis (Russian: Битлисское сражение) refers to a series of engagements in the summer of 1916 for the city of Bitlis and to a lesser extent nearby Moush, between the Russian Imperial forces and their Ottoman counterparts. Bitlis first fell to the II Caucasian Corps on March 2 just as Kemal's advance guard was arriving in Bitlis.^[1] However, Kemal recaptured not only Moush but also Bitlis on August 15. However, Yudenich repulsed them and retook control of both towns on August 24th. ^[2]

[edit] References

^ Walton, Robert (1984). The Capture of Trabzon. Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War I, vol iv. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, pp.1306-1313. ISBN 0-86307-181-3.
^ Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 b.c. to the Present. Courier Dover Publications, p.137. ISBN 0486249131.