The Struma Corps or Usturma Corps of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
(
Turkish: ''Usturma Kolordusu'') was one of the
corps
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies great ...
under the command of the
Ottoman Western Army. It was formed in Ustruma (
Struma) area during the
First Balkan War
The First Balkan War ( sr, Први балкански рат, ''Prvi balkanski rat''; bg, Балканска война; el, Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; tr, Birinci Balkan Savaşı) lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and invo ...
.
Balkan Wars
Order of Battle, October 19, 1912
On October 19, 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. 170.]
*Struma Corps HQ (Bulgarian Front, under the command of the
Western Army)
**
14th Division
**Serez Redif Division
**Nevrekop Detachment
Sources
{{Ottoman Forces during the Balkan Wars
Corps of the Ottoman Empire
Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan Wars
Ottoman period in the history of Bulgaria
Ottoman Greece
Macedonia under the Ottoman Empire
1912 establishments in the Ottoman Empire