Scutari Corps

Scutari Corps
İşkodra Kolordusu
Active September 18, 1912[1]
Country Ottoman Empire
Allegiance Western Army
Size Corps
Garrison/HQ Scutari (present day: Shkodër)
Patron Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Miralay Hasan Riza Bey

The Scutari Corps,[2] Işkodra Corps or Shkoder Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: İşkodra Kolordusu) was one of the corps under the command of the Ottoman Western Army. It was formed in Scutari (present day: Shkodër) area during the First Balkan War.

Balkan Wars

Order of Battle, October 19, 1912

On October 19, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:[3][4]

Sources

  1. Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 236.
  2. Richard C. Hall, The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War, Routledge, 2000, ISBN 978-0-415-22946-3, p. 55.
  3. Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 170.
  4. Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri Tarihi: Balkan Harbi, Garp Ordusu Karadağ Cephesi, III ncü Cilt 3 ncü Kısım, Genelkurmay Basımevi, 1993, Kuruluşlar no 2-5.


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