Battle of Derna (1912)

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 victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Italy Ottoman Empire
Senussi Order
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Italy Luigi Capello Mustafa Kemal Bey[1]
İsmail Enver Bey[2]
Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi
Strength
Kingdom of Italy 15,000–16,000[3] 8 officers
     160 soldiers
7,742 Arabs[3]
Casualties and losses
150–200[3][4] Unknown

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.[5][6][7] Derna remained under Italy's control after the battle, while Italian prospects to advance into the interior were hindered by the fact that the Ottoman-Senussi remained in control of the Jebel Akhdar highlands.[8][9][10]

Citations

  1. ↑ Kurtcephe.
  2. ↑ Askeri tarih belgeleri Dergisi Ocak 2011 Yıl: 60 Sayı: 126 Genelkurmay yayınları p. 219
  3. 1 2 3 Gawrych (2013), p. 25.
  4. ↑ The Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser (March 6, 1912), p. 2.
  5. ↑ Askeri tarih belgeleri Dergisi Ocak 2011 Yıl: 60 Sayı: 126 Genelkurmay yayınları p. 219
  6. ↑ Eugene Rogan - The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East p. 16
  7. ↑ La - Dépêche - Coloniale - Illustrée 15 octobre 1912 p.1
  8. ↑ .Esposito, G. (2020). Armies of the Italian-Turkish War: Conquest of Libya, 1911–1912. UK: Bloomsbury Publishing. P.22
  9. ↑ Wieloch, R. (2021). Liberating Libya: British Diplomacy and War in the Desert. UK: Casemate.
  10. ↑ "as the stalemate around Derna dragged on and as the Turkish defence continued to control access to the strategically important Jebel Akhdar highlands, the Italians decided to reinforce the Derna force to 18.000 men".Wolfheze, A. (2025). A Traditionalist History of the Great War, Book III: Into The Abyss. UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. P.131

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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