Battle of Tashkessen
1877 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Tashkessen or Battle of Tashkesan (Turkish: Taşkesen Muharebesi) took place during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. It was fought between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire on December 31, 1877, in what is now Bulgaria.
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Battle of Tashkessen | |||||||
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Part of Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russian Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
General Arkadiy Kurlov General Iosif Gurko General Otton Egorovich Rauch |
Valentine Baker Ahmed Javad Pasha | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
24,000,[1][2] 17 guns,[3] of which about 17,000 engaged[4] Russian estimate: 15,000, 22 guns[5] |
2,000[6]–2,400[7] or 3,000,[4] 7 guns and 2 squadrons of cavalry[3] Russian estimate: about 4,000, 7 artillery pieces[8] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2,000+ (British claim)[9] 562 killed and wounded (Russian estimate)[8][5] | half of the army (800[9][8][5]–1,000 men)[6] |
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