Battle of Kürekdere | |||||||
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Part of The Crimean War | |||||||
![]() Battle of Kurekdere by Fedor Baikov | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
35,000–40,000[1][2][3][4][5] 78 guns[3] |
20,000–29,800[1][2][3][4] 64 guns[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,200–2,820 killed[6] 1,000–2,000 wounded[6] 2,000 captured[3][6] 6,000 deserters[3][7] |
589 killed[2] 2,000–2,500 wounded[2] |
The Battle of Kürekdere took place on 6 August 1854 as part of the Crimean War. The battle occurred when an Ottoman army from the Ottoman fortress of Kars marched out to confront a marauding Russian detachment near the village of Kürekdere in the Trans-Caucasus.