Alashkert defensive operation (9 juill. 1915 – 3 août 1915)

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By July 8 ( 21 ), Turkish troops reached the border of Helian , Jura , Diyadin , creating the threat of a breakthrough to Kars . To disrupt the enemy’s plan, the Russian command created an attack detachment of Lieutenant General N.N. Baratov (24 battalions, 31 hundred) in the Dayar region , which on July 9 ( 22 ) launched a counterattack on the flank and rear of the 3rd Turkish army. A day later, the main forces of the 4th Caucasian Army Corps went on the offensive. The Turkish troops, fearing a detour, began to retreat and, taking advantage of the insufficiently vigorous actions of the corps, managed on July 21 ( August 3) go to the defense at the turn of Bulyuk-Bashi , Ercish . As a result of the operation, the enemy’s plan to destroy the 4th Caucasian Army Corps and break through to Kars failed. The Russian troops retained most of the territory they occupied and provided the conditions for the Erzurum operation of 1915-1916 .

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