Battle of Kızıl Tepe

Battle of Kizil-tepe
	Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Date	August 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 August 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

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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