Eastern Army (Ottoman Empire)

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Eastern Army
ActiveEastern Army: 1912-October 28, 1912
Field Army
Garrison/HQSalonika
PatronSultans of the Ottoman Empire
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Ferik Kölemen Abdullah Pasha
Ferik Ahmed Abuk Pasha

The Eastern Army of the

Ottoman Army. It was formed during the mobilization phase of the First Balkan War. It confronted Bulgarian forces. On October 29, 1912, it was reorganized and renamed as the First Eastern Army (Birinci Şark Ordusu).[1]

Eastern Army

Order of Battle, October 17, 1912

On October 17, 1912, the army was structured as follows:[3]

First Eastern Army

On October 29, 1912, the army was structured as follows:[3]

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 101.
  2. ^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 124.
  3. ^ a b Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 83.


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