The XIV Corps of the
Ottoman Empire
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(
Turkish: ''14 ncü Kolordu'' ''or'' ''On Dördüncü Kolordu'') was one of the
corps
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of the
Ottoman Army
The Military of the Ottoman Empire () was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire. It was founded in 1299 and dissolved in 1922.
Army
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. It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms.
Formation
Order of battle, 1911
With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the XIV Corps was headquartered in
Sana'a
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. The Corps before the
First Balkan War
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in 1911 was structured as such:
*XIV Corps,
Sana'a
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**
39th Infantry Division, Sana'a
***115th Infantry Regiment, Sana'a
***116th Infantry Regiment,
Zimar
***117th Infantry Regiment,
Umran, Zindiye,
Shibam
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***39th Rifle Battalion, Su'il Hamis
**
40th Infantry Division,
Hudeyde
***118th Infantry Regiment, Hudeyde
***119th Infantry Regiment,
Taiz
***120th Infantry Regiment,
Hicce
***40th Rifle Battalion, Sana'a
**
41st Infantry Division,
Ebha
***109th Infantry Regiment, Ebha
***110th Infantry Regiment, Ebha
***111th Infantry Regiment, Ebha
***28th Mountain Artillery Battalion, Ebha
*Units of XIV Corps
*37th Cavalry Regiment, Sana'a
*27th Mountain Artillery Battalion, vicinity of Sana'a
*14th Engineer Battalion, Sana'a
*Regular Battalion,
Tehame
*Engineer Company, Sinan Paşa
World War I
Order of battle, December 1916
In December 1916, the corps was structured as follows:
[Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 154.]
*XIV Corps (Gallipoli)
**
57th Division,
59th Division
Order of battle, August 1917, January 1918, June 1918, September 1918
In August 1917, January 1918, June 1918, September 1918, the corps was structured as follows:
[Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 170, 181, 188, 197.]
*XIV Corps (Gallipoli)
**57th Division
After Mudros
Order of battle, November 1918
In November 1918, the corps was structured as follows:
[Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 202.]
*XIV Corps (Gallipoli)
**
49th Division,
60th Division,
61st Division
Order of battle, January 1919
In January 1919, the corps was structured as follows:
[Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 209.][Zekeriya Türkmen, ''Mütareke Döneminde Ordunun Durumu ve Yeniden Yapılanması (1918-1920)'', Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2001, , p. 326.]
*XIV Corps (Thrace, Tekfurdağı; present day:
Tekirdağ
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Tekirdağ ...
)
**
55th Division (Tekfurdağı)
***168th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Regiment, 171st Infantry Regiment
**61st Division (
Bandırma
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)
***180th Infantry Regiment, 188th Infantry Regiment, 190th Infantry Regiment
Sources
{{Ottoman Forces during World War I
Corps of the Ottoman Empire
Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire in World War I
Ottoman period in Yemen