Battle of Tashkessen

Battle of Tashkessen
Part of Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
DateDecember 31, 1877
Location
Near Tashkessen (today Sarantsi), Bulgaria
Result Ottoman withdrawal
Belligerents
 Russian Empire  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
General Arkadiy Kurlov
General Iosif Gurko
General Otton Egorovich Rauch
Valentine Baker
Ahmed Javad Pasha
Strength

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

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.

  1. ^ 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...´´
  2. ^ On Horseback Through Asia Minor, Frederick Burnaby, 2007, p. xxxiv
  3. ^ a b On Horseback Through Asia Minor, Frederick Burnaby, 2007, p. xxxv
  4. ^ a b Barry Q. War in the East: A Military History of the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78. Helion and Company. 2012. P. 385
  5. ^ a b c Kersnovsky A. The History of the Russian Army
  6. ^ a b Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from ..., by Tony Jaques, page 1000, 2007
  7. ^ On Horseback Through Asia Minor, Frederick Burnaby, 2007, p. pxxxvi
  8. ^ a b c Tashkessen // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
  9. ^ a b On Horseback Through Asia Minor, Frederick Burnaby, 2007, p. xxxviii