Battle of Tripoli (1911)

Battle of Tripoli
Part of the Italo-Turkish War

Italian Navy landing sailors
on the beach of Tripoli
Date3–10 October 1911
Location
Tripoli, Tripolitania, Ottoman Empire (now Libya)
32°53′14.02″N 13°11′28.84″E / 32.8872278°N 13.1913444°E / 32.8872278; 13.1913444
Result

Italian victory

  • Italians occupy Tripoli
Belligerents
Italy  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Luigi Faravelli
Umberto Cagni		 Neshat Bey
Strength
1,700 troops
4 battleships
4 armoured cruisers
1 protected cruiser		 3,000 troops
1 gunboat

The Battle of Tripoli was fought in October 1911, during the initial stages of the Italo-Turkish War, and saw the capture of Tripoli, capital city of Tripolitania (and present-day Libya), by Italian landing forces. It marked the beginning of the land campaign in Libya of the Italo-Turkish War as well as the beginning of the Italian colonization of Libya.

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