Battle of Kurekdere

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Kurekdere
partof=the Crimean War


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date= 1854
place=Gyumri, Armenia
result=Russian VictoryA Narrative of the Siege of Kars: Together with a narrative of travel and adventures in Armenia... - Page 98 by Humphry Sandwith] [Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 [signed G.D.] . By George Dodd]
combatant1=flagicon|TurkeyOttoman Empire
combatant2=flagicon|RussiaRussian Empire
commander1=
commander2=
strength1=40,000 [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/ncps:@field(DOCID+@lit(ABK4014-0012-105)):: Story Of Kars, Harper's new monthly magazine. / Volume 12, Issue 72, May 1856] .]
strength2=18,000 [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/ncps:@field(DOCID+@lit(ABK4014-0012-105)):: Story Of Kars, Harper's new monthly magazine. / Volume 12, Issue 72, May 1856] .]
casualties1=3500 [http://www.angelfire.com/bug/berberian12/crim/crim5.htm The Caucasians and Circassians - Schamyl, the Prophet Warrior - Erzeroum - Trebizond - Kars - Asiatic Campaign - Intrigues in the North-West of Turkey - Greek Attacks on the Borders of Turkey.] .]
casualties2=3000 [http://www.angelfire.com/bug/berberian12/crim/crim5.htm The Caucasians and Circassians - Schamyl, the Prophet Warrior - Erzeroum - Trebizond - Kars - Asiatic Campaign - Intrigues in the North-West of Turkey - Greek Attacks on the Borders of Turkey.] .]

The Battle of Kurekdere took place in 1854 as part of the Crimean War. It started when the Ottoman army of Kars marched towards Gyumri to attack the Russian force, already weakened with detachments. The battle was related with great spirit and the defeat of the Turkish army by the Russian forces.A Narrative of the Siege of Kars: Together with a narrative of travel and adventures in Armenia... - Page 98 by Humphry Sandwith]

Aftermath

In accounting the Russians for the defeat of an army nearly 40,000 Ottoman forces of all arms by a hostile force of less than one-half that number, it is not sufficient to say that the management of the whole battle on the side of the Turks was a series of blunders from the first to last, strategical errors might have protracted the mission and have added to the cost of a victory.A Narrative of the Siege of Kars: Together with a narrative of travel and adventures in Armenia... - Page 98 by Humphry Sandwith] [The patriot and the hero general Guyon on the battle fields of Hungary and Asia By Arthur Kinglake, Richard Debaufre Guyon] Four months after the battle of Kurekdere no military operations took place. Some European officers there were strongly advised a forward movement on Tiflis.A Narrative of the Siege of Kars: Together with a narrative of travel and adventures in Armenia... - Page 98 by Humphry Sandwith]

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