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]

Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78

Kızıl Tepe Simnitza Svistov Nikopol Plevna 1st Shipka Pass 2nd Shipka Pass Lovcha 3rd Shipka Pass Gorni-Dubnik Erzurum Kars Tashkessen 4th Shipka Pass Philippopolis

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

Battles involving the Ottoman Empire by era

Rise (1299–1453)

Land battles	Bapheus Dimbos Pelekanon Demotika Ihtiman Sırp Sındığı Maritsa Dubravnica Savra Pločnik Bileća Kosovo Rovine Nicopolis Ankara Çamurlu Zlatica Kunovica Varna Kosovo (2nd)

Growth (1453–1606)

Land battles	Albulena Târgoviște Jajce Ohrid Vaslui Valea Albă Breadfield Otlukbeli Krbava Çaldıran Mercidabık Han Yunus Ridanieh Tlemcen Mohács Sokhoista Mostaganem Szigeth Çıldır Torches Wadi al Laban Sisak Călugăreni Giurgiu Keresztes Sevan Urmia

Naval battles	Zonchio Modon Diu Algiers (1516) Formentera Algiers (1529) Tunis Preveza Alborán Algiers (1541) Ponza Djerba Lepanto

Stagnation (1606–1699)

Land battles	Cecora 1st Khotyn Candia Köbölkút Saint Gotthard Ladyzhyn Krasnobród Nemyriv 2nd Khotyn 2nd Vienna 2nd Mohács Slankamen Cenei Ustechko Lugos Ulaş Zenta

Naval battles	Cape Corvo Cape Celidonia Focchies 1st Dardanelles 2nd Dardanelles 3rd Dardanelles 4th Dardanelles Oinousses Andros

Decline (1699–1792)

Land battles	Pruth Petrovaradin Banja Luka Grocka Stavunchany Aspindza Larga Yeghevārd Ganja Kozludzha Kagul Focşani Rymnik Măcin

Naval battles	Imbros Matapan Chesma 1st Kerch Strait 2nd Kerch Strait Kaliakra

Dissolution (1792–1922)
Up to 1900

Land battles	Pyramids Abukir Arpachai Al-Safra Jeddah Čegar Alamana Gravia Erzurum Valtetsi Doliana Dragashani Sculeni Vasilika Peta Dervenakia Karpenisi Arachova Kamatero Phaleron Petra Kulevicha Algiers Konya Nezib Kurekdere Oltenitza Eupatoria Kızıl Tepe Shipka Pass Plevna Philippopolis Taşkesen Mouzaki Domokos

Naval battles	Athos Nauplia Samos Gerontas Navarino Sinop

For the 20th century battles before 1914 see List of Ottoman battles in the 20th century

For the battles in the World War I see List of Ottoman battles in the World War I

Ottoman victories are in bold.

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

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