Kigi battles (30 Jul 1916 Jahr – 20 Aug 1916 Jahr)

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Simultaneously with the offensive on Ognot, fierce clashes began in the Kigi area. By the end of July - beginning of August, two shock groups under the command of generals F.I. were transferred to the junction of the 1st and 4th Caucasian corps. Dubissky and A.M. Nikolaev, later they formed a new - the 6th Caucasian Army Corps under the command of Lieutenant General D.K. Abatsiev, which was based on the 4th and 5th Caucasian rifle divisions from the army reserve, as well as the 2nd Kuban Plastun brigade, which was previously part of the 1st Caucasian corps [339] [340] [341]... The 4th Caucasian Rifle Division of N.M. Vorobyov managed to capture Kigi, and three divisions of the 4th Turkish Corps attacked the positions of the 5th and 6th Caucasian Rifle Divisions. However, by August 7 (20) , after 200 km of march in the most difficult mountainous terrain, reinforcements from the 4th Kuban Plastun Brigade of the 1st Caucasian Corps approached the Caucasian divisions, which greatly facilitated the position of the Russian army before its offensive

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