The Kırcaali Detachment of the
Ottoman Empire (
Modern Turkish: ''Kırcaali Müfrezesi'' or ''Kırcaali Kolordusu'' ) was one of the
Detachments under the command of the
Ottoman Eastern Army. It was formed in Kırcaali (present day:
Kardzhali
Kardzhali ( bg, Кърджали , ''Kărdžali''; tr, Kırcaali; gr, Κάρτζαλι, ''Kártzali''), sometimes spelt Kardžali or Kurdzhali, is a town in the Eastern Rhodopes in Bulgaria, centre of Kardzhali Municipality and Kardzhali Provi ...
) area during the
First Balkan War.
Balkan Wars
Order of Battle, October 17, 1912
On October 17, 1912, the detachment was structured as follows:
[Edward J. Erickson, ''Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913'', Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 83.]
*Kırcaali Detachment HQ (Thrace, under the command of the Eastern Army)
**Kırcaali Redif Division
**Kırcaali Müstahfız (Home Guard) Division (provisional)
**36th Infantry Regiment
See also
*
Battle of Merhamli
The Battle of Merhamli was part of the First Balkan War between the armies of Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire which took place on 14/27 November 1912. After a long chase throughout Western Thrace the Bulgarian troops led by General Nikola Genev a ...
Sources
Detachment of the Ottoman Empire
Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan Wars
Ottoman period in the history of Bulgaria
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