The VII 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: ''7 nci Kolordu'' ''or'' ''Yedinci Kolordu'') was one of the

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of the

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. It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms.

Formation

Order of Battle, 1911

With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the VII Corps was headquartered in

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. The Corps before 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 ...

in 1911 was structured as such:Edward J. Erickson, ''Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913'', Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 378. *VII Corps,

** 19th Infantry Division, Üsküp ***55th Infantry Regiment, Kumanova ***56th Infantry Regiment, Kumanova *** 57th Infantry Regiment, Bilaç ve Berana ***19th Rifle Battalion, Üsküp ***19th Field Artillery Regiment, Üsküp ***19th Division Band, Üsküp ** 20th Infantry Division, Metroviça ***58th Infantry Regiment, Metroviça ***59th Infantry Regiment, Taşlıca ***60th Infantry Regiment, Taşlıca ***20th Rifle Battalion, Yakova ***20th Field Artillery Regiment, Priştine ***20th Division Band, Metroviça ** 21st Infantry Division, Yakova ***61st Infantry Regiment, Yakova ***62nd Infantry Regiment, İpek ***63rd Infantry Regiment, Berana ***21st Rifle Battalion, Yakova ***21st Field Artillery Regiment, Pirzerin ***21st Division Band, Yakova *Units of VII Corps *7th Rifle Regiment, Monastir *7th Cavalry Brigade, Monastir **6th Cavalry Regiment, Monastir **16th Cavalry Regiment, İştip **13th Horse Artillery Regiment, Pirlepe *3rd Horse Artillery Battalion, Monastir *2nd Mountain Artillery Battalion, Monastir *8th Mountain Artillery Battalion, Monastir *9th Mountain Artillery Battalion,

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*5th Field Howitzer Battalion, Monastir *6th Engineer Battalion, Köprülü *6th Telegraph Battalion, Monastir *6th Transport Battalion, Monastir *Border companies x 9

Balkan Wars

Order of Battle, October 19, 1912

On October 19, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913'', Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 170. *VII Corps (Serbian Front, under the command of the

Vardar Army The Vardar Army of the Ottoman Empire ( Turkish: ''Vardar Ordusu'') was one of the field armies under the command of the Western Army. It was formed during the mobilisation phase of the First Balkan War. Order of Battle, October 19, 1912 On ...

of the Western Army) ** 19th Division **Üsküp Redif Division, Priştine Redif Division

World War I

Order of Battle

During

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, the corps was structured as follows: *VII Corps ** 39th Division (

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Operational Region, commanded by

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Galip Bey)

After Mudros

Order of Battle, November 1918

In November 1918, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 202. *VII Corps ** 39th Division (commanded by

Mirliva ''Mirliva'' or ''Mîr-i livâ'' was a military rank of the Ottoman Army and Navy. It corresponds to a brigadier general (modern Turkish: ''Tuğgeneral'') in the modern Turkish Army. ''Mirliva'' is a compound word composed of ''Mir'' ( commander) ...

Ali Sait Pasha) ** 40th Division (commanded by

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Sources

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