Fourth Army (Ottoman Empire)

Fourth Army

Djemal Pasha and Fuad Bey (April 1917)
Active ?-?
7 September 1914 – 26 September 1918
Country Ottoman Empire
Type Field Army
Garrison/HQ Baghdad, Damascus
Patron Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Engagements Sinai and Palestine Campaign (World War I)
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Zeki Pasha (September – 18 November 1914)
Djemal Pasha (18 November 1914 – September 1917)
Mersinli Djemal Pasha (September 1917 – October 1918)
See also: Aegean Army

The Fourth Army of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Dördüncü Ordu) was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the middle nineteenth century, during Ottoman military reforms.

Formations

Order of Battle, 1877

In 1877, it was stationed in Anatolia. It was composed of:[1]

Order of Battle, 1908

After the Young Turk Revolution and the establishment of the Second Constitutional Era on 3 July 1908, the new government initiated a major military reform. Army headquarters were modernized. The Fourth Army's new operational area was Caucasia and its many troops were scattered along the frontier to keep an eye on the Russian Empire. It commanded the following active divisions and other units:[2]

The Fourth Army also had inspectorate functions for four Redif (reserve) divisions:[3][4]

Order of Battle, 1911

With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the Army's headquarters were Baghdad. Before the First Balkan War in 1911, the Army was structured as:[5]

World War I

Order of Battle, November 1914

In November 1914, the army was structured as:[6]

Order of Battle, Late April 1915

In April 1915, the army was structured as:[7]

Order of Battle, Late Summer 1915, January 1916

In Late Summer 1915, January 1916, the army was structured as:[8]

Order of Battle, August, December 1916

Between August and December 1916, the army was structured as:[9]

Order of Battle, August 1917

In August 1917, the army was structured as:[10]

On 26 September the Fourth Army headquarters moved to Damascus, dividing its area of responsibility in half, leaving Cemal Pasha answerable for Syria and western Arabia.[11]

Order of Battle, January, June 1918

Between January and June 1918, the army was structured as follows:[12]

Order of Battle, September 1918

In September 1918, the army was structured as:[14]

Sources

  1. ↑ Ian Drury, Illustrated by Raffaele Ruggeri, The Russo-Turkish War 1877, Men-at-Arms 277, Ospray Publishing Ltd., Reprinted 1999, ISBN 1-85532-371-0, p. 35.
  2. ↑ Erickson (2003), p. 17.
  3. ↑ Erickson (2003), p.19
  4. ↑ T.C. Genelkurmay Başkanlığı, Balkan Harbi, 1912–1913: Harbin Sebepleri, Askerî Hazırlıklar ve Osmanlı Devletinin Harbe Girişi, Genelkurmay Basımevi, 1970, pp. 87–90. (Turkish)
  5. ↑ Erickson (2001), pp.382–383
  6. ↑ Erickson (2001), p.43
  7. ↑ Erickson (2001), p.86
  8. ↑ Erickson (2001), pp. 109, 126
  9. ↑ Erickson (2001), pp.134, 154
  10. ↑ Erickson (2001), p.170
  11. ↑ Erickson 2001 p. 171
  12. ↑ Erickson (2001), pp.181, 188
  13. ↑ Falls 1930 Volume 2 Part 2 p.657
  14. ↑ Erickson (2001), p.197

References

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