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Battle of Kizil-Tepe
Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
The Battle of Kizil Tepe
Date August 25, 1877 Location near Kars Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mikhail Loris-Melikov Zakhary Chavchavadze Arshak Ter-Gukasov Ferdinand von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg	Ahmed Muhtar Pasha
Strength
35,000 infantry 5,000 cossacks	35,000 infantry 12,000 cavalry 354 guns
Casualties and losses
Around 3,000 killed and wounded	430 killed 1,400 wounded

The Battle of Kizil-tepe (Turkish: Kızıltepe Muharebresi) was fought on August 25, 1877, between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. The Russian were attempting to besiege Kars. The Ottomans, vastly superior in numbers, successfully lifted the siege.

Notes

1. Barry 2011, p. 471. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBarry2011 (help)
2. ^ Barry 2011, p. 467. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBarry2011 (help)
3. ^ Barry 2011, p. 474. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBarry2011 (help)
4. Harbottle 2018, p. 126.
5. Jacques 2006, p. 535.

References

• Barry, Quentin (2012). War in the East: a Military History of the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78. West Midlands: Helion and Company. ISBN 9781910294154.
• Harbottle, T.B. (2018). Dictionary of Battles From the Earliest Date to the Present Time. Franklin Classics. ISBN 9780341839699.
• Jacques, T. (2006). Dictionary of battles and sieges : A guide to 8,500 battles from antiquity through the twenty-first century. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313335365.

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