| 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 | |||||||
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General Arkadiy Kurlov General Iosif Gurko General Otton Egorovich Rauch |
Valentine Baker Ahmed Javad Pasha | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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] | ||||||
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.
- ^ Crisis of the Ottoman Empire: Prelude to Collapse 1839-1878, by James J. Reid, 2000, page 341 : ``...Baker´s small force defended the pass successfully against a Russian force ten times its size...´´
- ^ On Horseback Through Asia Minor, Frederick Burnaby, 2007, p. xxxiv
- ^ a b On Horseback Through Asia Minor, Frederick Burnaby, 2007, p. xxxv
- ^ a b Barry Q. War in the East: A Military History of the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78. Helion and Company. 2012. P. 385
- ^ a b c Kersnovsky A. The History of the Russian Army
- ^ a b Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from ..., by Tony Jaques, page 1000, 2007
- ^ On Horseback Through Asia Minor, Frederick Burnaby, 2007, p. pxxxvi
- ^ a b c Tashkessen // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- ^ a b On Horseback Through Asia Minor, Frederick Burnaby, 2007, p. xxxviii