Battle of Ardahan
| Battle of Ardahan | |||||||
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| Part of Caucasus campaign of Middle Eastern theatre in World War I | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Russian Empire | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Nikolai Istomin Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov | Lt. Col. August Stange Bey | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown |
22 December only: 2,000 dead 1,027 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Ardahan (Turkish: Ardahan Harekâtı; Russian: Битва при Ардагане, Armenian: Արդահանի ճակատամարտ) was fought between 25 December 1914 and 18 January 1915 and was an Ottoman military operation commanded by German Lt. Col. Stange to capture the city of Ardahan and cut the Russian link to Sarikamish–Kars line, supporting the Battle of Sarikamish. By 3 January 1915, Vorontsov-Dashkov achieved a decisive victory over the Ottoman forces at Ardahan.