The İpek Detachment 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: ''İpek Müfrezesi'') was one of the
Detachment under the command of the
Ottoman Western Army. It was formed in İpek (present day:
Peć
Peja ( Indefinite Albanian form: ''Pejë'' ) or Peć ( sr-Cyrl, Пећ ) is the fourth largest city of Kosovo and seat of Peja Municipality and Peja District. It is situated in the region of Rugova on the eastern section of the Accursed Moun ...
) 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.]
*İpek Detachment HQ (Montenegrin Front, under the command of the
Western Army)
**
21st Division
***61st Infantry Regiment
***62nd Infantry Regiment
**Pirzerin Redif Division
Sources
Detachment of the Ottoman Empire
Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan Wars
Ottoman period in the history of Kosovo
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