Battle of Sidi Abdullah
Part of the Italo-Turkish War
Date3 March 1912
Location
Derna, Ottoman Tripolitania (now Libya)
32°45′20.21″N 22°38′15.88″E / 32.7556139°N 22.6377444°E / 32.7556139; 22.6377444
Result Ottoman-Sennusi victory[1]
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Italy  Ottoman Empire
Senussi Order
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Italy Luigi Capello Ottoman Empire Mustafa Kemal Bey[2]
Ottoman Empire İsmail Enver Bey
Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi
Strength
Kingdom of Italy 15,000-16,000[3] Ottoman Empire 8 officers
     160 soldiers
7,742 Arabs[3]
Casualties and losses
150-200[3][4]

The Battle of Derna, also known as the Battle of Sidi Abdullah (Arabic: معركة سيدي عبد الله), occurred near Derna on 3 March 1912, during the Italo-Turkish War. The battle took place between the Italians led by Luigi Capello and Ottoman-Senussi Forces led by Enver Pasha and Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi.

Citations

  1. ↑ Sinov, Con. Yarının adamı Mustafa Kemal'i anlamak, Masa yayın evi p.125
  2. ↑ Kurtcephe.
  3. 1 2 3 Gawrych (2013), p. 25.
  4. ↑ The Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser (March 6 1912), p. 2.

References

  • The Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser (6 March 1912). "Turco-Italian War". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  • Gawrych, George W. (2013). The Young Atatürk: From Ottoman Soldier to Statesman of Turkey. London: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78076-3224.
  • Kurtcephe, Dr. Israfil. Trablusgarb'in Italyanlarca Isgali, Mustafa Kemal ve Arkadaslarinin Direnise Katilmalari [The Italian Occupation of Tripoli, Mustafa Kemal and His Friends Joining the Resistance] (PDF) (in Turkish).


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