Battle of Kaçanik Pass
Battle during the Revolt of 1910 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Kaçanik Pass (Albanian: Beteja e Grykës së Kaçanikut) was a battle between Albanian rebels and Ottoman forces during the Revolt of 1910. The clashes represented a series of military offensives launched by Shevket Turgut Pasha against Albanian rebels that blocked the railway to Skopje at the Kaçanik Pass.
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Battle of Kaçanik Pass | |||||||
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Part of Albanian revolt of 1910 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Albanian rebels | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Idriz Seferi | Shevket Turgut Pasha | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Ottoman Army composed of Kurdish irregulars | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
3,000 rebels[2][3] | 40,000[2][4] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
800 killed or wounded[5] |
2,000-Several Thousand killed[6][7] 90 Ottoman officers killed[8] 20 battalions destroyed[9] |
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