1 jun 1916 año - Situation on 1 June

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Army forces were located in the following order: on the right - the 5th Caucasian Corps ( VA Yablochkin , covering the Black Sea coast and the district of Trabzon, to the left, on both banks of the Coruh , was the 2nd Turkestan Corps (MA Przhevalsky), on its left flank - the 1st Caucasian Army Corps (P.P. Kalitin), which occupied the area of ​​the transport "artery" of the region - the Erzurum-Ashkale-Bayburt road and the bend of the Karasu river... Units of the 4th Caucasian Army Corps (V.V. De Witt) occupied the Khynys- Mush-Bitlis region. The territory from Mush to Lake Urmia was covered by the Azerbaijan-Van detachment (F.G. Chernozubov). The army reserve was located in Erzurum. The 1st Caucasian Cavalry Corps (formerly Expeditionary Cavalry Corps) operated in Persia N.N. Baratov [306] [307] [308] .

The Turkish army (including the units of the 2nd Turkish army and forces operating in Persia transferred for reinforcement) - 309 infantry battalions with artillery, 156 squadrons and hundreds, as well as up to 12 thousand Kurds [309] . The incomplete 2nd Turkish army was concentrated in the area of ​​the cities of Harput , Diyarbekir and Sirt (divisions of the 3rd and 16th corps). The 3rd Army occupied the front from the Black Sea coast to the area of ​​Bayburt, Ashkale and Mamakhatun Ruwiki Caucasian

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