Battle of Kyurdamir
| Battle of Kyurdamir | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russian SFSR |
 Ottoman Empire  Azerbaijan | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
|
Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan |
Mursel Pasha | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
|
Red Army 2000 men,6 Canons,12 Machine guns & 2 Warships |
Islamic Army of the Caucasus 1600 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy | Less than 200 | ||||||
In parallel with the battles near Goychay, there were clashes between the Turkish-Azerbaijani troops and the Red Army along the Kura River near Salyan; the sides fought to gain control of this strategically important location. Salyan was considered to be a key to the rich grain stocks of the Mughan plain. The failure to capture a bridge over the Kura River near Yevlakh during the Ganja march impelled the Baku Soviet leaders and the command of the Bolshevik-Dashnak troops to seek other options.
Background[edit]
From June 16 till July 2, Salyan turned into a battlefield for the Soviet military fighting against the Turkish-Azerbaijani troops. Although the Dashnak-Bolshevik units outnumbered the Muslim troops and were better equipped, on July 2, the latter rebuffed the Dashnak-Bolshevik assault and forced them to retreat. On July 5, the joint Turkish-Azerbaijani troops marched toward Aghsu. The next morning, they attacked and defeated the Dashnak-Bolshevik forces and drove them out of Aghsu. The Baku Soviet forces partially retreated southward and overran positions in Kurdemir.
The Battle[edit]
On July 7 and 8, 1918, the Turkish-Azerbaijani troops reached Kurdemir and immediately engaged in a battle. The military superiority of the Bolsheviks, who even possessed an ironclad train and armored vehicles, did not deter the Army of Islam. By the night of July 10, the Muslims proved able to push the Dashnak-Bolshevik units out of Kurdemir and began pursuit of the retreating troops.
References[edit]
- ↑ World War I: encyclopedia, Ed. Spencer Tucker and Priscilla Mary Roberts, (ABC-CLIO, 2005), 740; "...Yudenich's accomplishment at Malazgirt proved to be the sole victory of the year for Turkish troops."
http://bunker.zlibcdn.com/dtoken/6a11943cb6c39845bf391933c76fda84
Battle of Kyurdamir[edit]
Battle of Kyurdamir[edit]
This article "Battle of Kyurdamir" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Battle of Kyurdamir. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
