Battle of Benghazi (1911)

The Battle of Benghazi (1911)
Part of The Italo-Turkish War
Date20 October 1911 – 18 October 1912
Location
Benghazi, Ottoman Tripolitania (now Libya)
32°07′14.33″N 20°05′10.21″E / 32.1206472°N 20.0861694°E / 32.1206472; 20.0861694
Result Italian Victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Italy  Ottoman Empire
Senussi Order
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Augusto Aubry
General Ottavio Briccola
General Giovanni Ameglio
General Raynaldo D'Amico		 Chakir Bey
Aziz Ali Bey El-Masri
Strength
Initial: 15,000[1]
At Peak: 22,000		 Initial: 2,900[2]
At Peak: 20,000
Casualties and losses
Kingdom of Italy 58 dead and 193 wounded Ottoman Empire Around 1,150 killed and captured
Map of Benghazi illustrating the defensive redoubts (ridotta) and the major places where fighting occurred

The Battle of Benghazi occurred during the Italo-Turkish War when the Kingdom of Italy attacked and took possession of the major cities of the Ottoman Empire's North African Tripolitania province, now Libya. Benghazi was one of the five strategic cities captured and held by the Italians during the entire length of the war.

  1. ^ Beehler (1913), p. 25.
  2. ^ Beehler (1913), p. 27.