Vardar Army

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Vardar Army
Active	1912
Country	Ottoman Empire
Type	Field Army
Patron	Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Commanders
Notable commanders	Harepli Zeki Pasha

The Vardar Army of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Vardar Ordusu) was one of the field armies under the command of the Western Army. It was formed during the mobilisation phase of the First Balkan War.

Order of Battle, October 19, 1912

On October 19, 1912, the army was structured as follows:^[1]

Vardar Army HQ (Serbian Front, concentration center: Kumanovo)
- V Corps
  - 13th Division, 15th Division, 16th Division
  - İştip Redif Division
- VI Corps
  - 17th Division, 18th Division
  - Manastır Redif Division, Drama Redif Division
- VII Corps
  - 19th Division
  - Üsküp Redif Division, Priştine Redif Division
- II Provisional Corps
  - Uşak Redif Division, Smyrna Redif Division, Denizli Redif Division
- Firzovik Detachment
- Taşlıca Detachment
- Independent Cavalry Division
  - 7th Cavalry Brigade, 8th Cavalry Brigade

On November 12, 1912, the army was structured as follows:^[2]

Vardar Army HQ (Serbian Front, Monastir)
- Northern Group
  - V Corps
    - 13th Division
    - 15th Division
    - 5th Rifle Regiment
    - 26th Cavalry Regiment
    - 19th Artillery Regiment
  - VII Corps
    - 19th Division
    - İştip Redif Division
    - 17th Cavalry Regiment
- Southern Group
  - VI Corps
    - 16th Division
    - 18th Division
    - 6th Rifle Regiment
- Southeastern Group
  - 17th Division
  - Manastır Redif Division
- Independent Cavalry Brigade

On November 16, 1912, the army was structured as follows:^[3]

Vardar ArmyHQ (Serbian Front, Monastir)
- Left Flank Offensive Corps
  - VI Corps
    - 16th Division
    - 19th Division
    - Fethi Bey Detachment
    - Independent Cavalry Brigade
- Right Flank Defensive Corps
  - VII Corps
    - İştip Redif Division
  - V Corps
    - 13th Division
    - 15th Division
    - 18th Division

↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 170.
↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 188.
↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 191.

v t e Ottoman Forces during the Balkan Wars

Army	Eastern 1^st Eastern 2^nd Eastern Western Vardar Chataldja Gallipoli

Corps	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XVII Reserve XVIII Reserve Scutari Maydos Bolayır Struma Yanya Montenegrin Border

Detachments	Firzovik Galip Pasha İpek Karaburun Kavak Kırcaali Menderes Nevrekop Priştine Taşlıca

Fortified Areas	Dardanelles Bosporus Chataldja Adrianople Yanya İşkodra Erzurum

Regular Infantry Divisions	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

Reserve Infantry Divisions	Adrianople Afyon Amasya Aydın Babaeski Çanakkale Denizli Drama Edremit Elbesan Fatih Gümülcine İştip İzmit Kastamonu Kırcaali Konya Kozana Mamuretülaziz Manastır Metroviça Nasliç Pirzerin Salonika Samsun Serez Smyrna Trabzon Uşak Üsküp Yanya Yozgat

Cavalry Divisions	Ind. Cav. 1st Tribal Cav. 2nd Tribal Cav. 3rd Tribal Cav. 4th Tribal Cav.

Ottoman Navy	Fleet organisation

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