Battle of Katselovo
| Battle of Katselovo | |||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) | |||||||
 Ottoman artillery firing on the Russian lines at Katselovo | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire |
 Russian Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Mehmed Ali Pasha |
Aleksandr Romanov Aleksandr Driesen Alexey Timofeev Aleksandr Arnoldi Pyotr Vannovsky | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Total at Katselovo and Ablanovo: 29,000, 60 cannons[2] |
Total at Katselovo and Ablanovo: 13,000, 54 cannons[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Total at Katselovo and Ablanovo: 1,700 killed and wounded[2] |
Total at Katselovo and Ablanovo: 2,000 killed and wounded (inc. 56 officers)[2] | ||||||
The battle of Katselovo, also known as the battle of Katselova, Kacjelovo, or Kacjelova, took place in and around the Ottoman village of Katselovo on 5 September 1877 during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
Battle
[edit]The Ottoman forces were led by Mehmed Ali Pasha, whilst the Russians were under the general command of Tsesarevich Aleksandr Romanov. The battle resulted in the Ottomans pushing the Russian army from Katselovo to Gorsko Ablanovo following heavy clashes. Once Mehmed Ali Pasha reached Ablanovo, he managed to repulse the counterattack efforts of Alexey Timofeev and dislodged the Russians from the village by 6 September.[3][4]
Gallery
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References
[edit]- ^ Bodart 1908, p. 735.
- ^ a b c d Bodart 1908, p. 574.
- ^ Bodart 1908, pp. 574, 735.
- ^ Wiedstruck & Grzesicki 1902, pp. 13–14.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs–Lexikon (1618–1905) [Military-Historical War Lexicon (1618–1905)] (in German). Vienna: C. W. Stern.
- Wiedstruck, Franz; Grzesicki, Viktor [in Polish] (1902). Der Russisch-Türkische Krieg 1877-1878 auf der Balkan-Halbinsel [The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 in the Balkan Peninsula] (in German). ISBN 9783747758342.