İpek Detachment
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The İpek Detachment of the Ottoman Empire
(Turkish
: İpek Müfrezesi) was one of the Detachment
under the command of the Ottoman Western Army. It was formed in İpek (present day: Peć
) area during the First Balkan War
.
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
(Turkish
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: İpek Müfrezesi) was one of the Detachment
Detachment (military)
A detachment is a military unit. It can either be detached from a larger unit for a specific function or be a permanent unit smaller than a battalion. The term is often used to refer to a unit that is assigned to a different base from the parent unit...
under the command of the Ottoman Western Army. It was formed in İpek (present day: Peć
Pec
Peć or Pejë is a city and municipality in north-western Kosovo and Metohija - Serbia, and the administrative centre of the homonymous district. Governor of city is Ali Berisha....
) area during the First Balkan War
First Balkan War
The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913, pitted the Balkan League against the Ottoman Empire. The combined armies of the Balkan states overcame the numerically inferior and strategically disadvantaged Ottoman armies and achieved rapid success...
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Order of Battle, October 19, 1912
On October 19, 1912, the detachment was structured as follows:- İpek Detachment HQ (Montenegrin Front, under the command of the Western Army)
- 21st Division
- 61st Infantry Regiment
- 62nd Infantry Regiment
- Pirzerin Redif Division
- 21st Division