Battle of Kurekdere

Battle of Kürekdere
Part of The Crimean War

Battle of Kurekdere by Fedor Baikov
Date6 August 1854
Location
Kürekdere Trans-Caucasus
40°43′05.40″N 43°29′54.35″E / 40.7181667°N 43.4984306°E / 40.7181667; 43.4984306
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Russia Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Zarif Mustafa Pasha
Hurshid Pasha
Ferik Kerim Pasha
Feyzi Pasha
Ferik Veli Pasha
Ferik Rashid Pasha
Ismail Pasha
Mirliva Hasan Pasha
Nassim Bey		 Russian Empire Vasili Bebutov
Strength
35,000–40,000[1][2][3][4][5]
78 guns[3]		 20,000–29,800[1][2][3][4]
64 guns[3]
Casualties and losses
1,200–2,820 killed[6]
1,000–2,000 wounded[6]
2,000 captured[3][6]
6,000 deserters[3][7]		 589 killed[2]
2,000–2,500 wounded[2]

The Battle of Kürekdere took place on 6 August 1854 as part of the Crimean War. The battle occurred when an Ottoman army from the Ottoman fortress of Kars marched out to confront a marauding Russian detachment near the village of Kürekdere in the Trans-Caucasus.

  1. ^ a b Agoston 2010, p. 162.
  2. ^ a b c d Badem 2010, p. 221.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Dodd 1856, p. 137.
  4. ^ a b Kinglake 1856, pp. 101–107.
  5. ^ Sandwith 1856, pp. 103–107.
  6. ^ a b c Badem 2010, pp. 221–222.
  7. ^ Badem 2010, p. 222.