Battle of Kızıl Tepe

Battle of Kizil-tepe
	Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Date	June 25, 1877
Location	near Kars
Result	Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Arshak Ter-Gukasov	Ahmed Muhtar Pasha
Strength
60,000	55,000
Casualties and losses
around 1500 killed and wounded[1]	430 killed, 1400 wounded[2]

The Battle of Kizil-tepe (Turkish: Kızıltepe Muharebresi) was fought on June 25, 1877, between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. The Russian were attempting to besiege Kars. The Ottomans, vastly superior in numbers,^[3]^[4] successfully lifted the siege.

References

↑ Caucasian Battlefields: A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border, William Edward David Allen,Paul Muratoff, page 167, 2011
↑ THE CAMPAIGN IN ARMENIA - The Battle of Kiziltepe Hard Fight Capture of the Hill by the Turk.
↑ Harbottle T. B. Dictionary of Battles From the Earliest Date to the Present Time. 1904. p. 126
↑ Jacques T. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Publishing Group. 2007. P. 535

Coordinates: 40°37′00″N 43°06′00″E / 40.6167°N 43.1000°E / 40.6167; 43.1000

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[1] Caucasian Battlefields: A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border, William Edward David Allen,Paul Muratoff, page 167, 2011

[2] THE CAMPAIGN IN ARMENIA - The Battle of Kiziltepe Hard Fight Capture of the Hill by the Turk.

[3] Harbottle T. B. Dictionary of Battles From the Earliest Date to the Present Time. 1904. p. 126

[4] Jacques T. Dictionary of Battles and Sieges. Greenwood Publishing Group. 2007. P. 535