Battle of Basgedikler
| date | November 19, 1853 |
|---|---|
| place | In Başgedikler , northeast Turkey |
| output | Russian victory |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| 10,000 men 32 guns |
36,000 men 46 guns |
| losses | |
|
1,200 men |
6,000 men |
Olteniţa - Akhaltsikhe - Başgedikler - Sinope - Cetate - Silistra - Nigojeti - Tscholok - Odessa - Kurekdere - Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - Alma - Sevastopol - Bomarsund - Balaklava - Inkerman - Yevpatoria - Taganrog - Çorğun - Kars - Tschernaja - Malakoff - Kinburn - Third Paris peace
The Battle of Başgedikler was a battle of the Crimean War that occurred in northeastern Turkey on November 19, 1853.
course
After the defeat in the Battle of Akhaltsikhe , the Ottoman army concentrated in the heavily fortified area of Başgedikler , in today's Kars district near the Armenian border. From there she planned another campaign with about 36,000 men in the Russian Caucasus . A numerically much smaller Russian army (about 10,000) under General Vasily Bebutow reached the area around Başgedikler, where the Ottomans believed they were safe, and completely unexpectedly launched a frontal attack on the Turkish positions, in the center of which there was a battery of 20 guns. The Russian grenadiers were supported by Armenian units. After a hot phase of close combat in the course of the Russian bayonet attack , the Ottoman battery fell. Meanwhile, the Russian cavalry managed to break through the right wing of the Ottomans and fall into the rear of the Ottoman army. Panic spread among the Ottoman soldiers and they began a disorderly escape to Kars. In the battle the Ottomans lost about 6,000 soldiers, while the Russians lost about 1,200 men.
consequences
The victory of Bebutow came as a complete surprise to the Ottomans and their Islamic allies in the North Caucasus and ultimately ruined their plans to conquer the Caucasus. A few days after the Battle of Başgedikler, the Ottoman fleet was destroyed in the naval battle of Sinope . Because the Ottomans subsequently lost all strategic initiative, the Russians were able to consolidate their positions in the Caucasus.
literature
- А. В. Шишов, Схватка за Кавказ. XVI - XXI века - M .: Вече, 2007. - 480 c. ISBN 978-5-9533-2236-2
- М. Я. Ольшевский, Часть третья // Кавказ с 1841 по 1866 год / М. Ольшевский. - Санкт-Петербург, 2003
- Candan Bath. The Ottoman Crimean War (1853-1856), Tunceli University, Turkey. April 2010.