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BATTLE OF SARIKAMISH

The Battle of Sarikamish was the Great War battle between Russian and Turkish forces, from December 1914 to January 1915 which led to the collapse of the Turkish offensive in the Caucasus. This was a bold scheme to advance from Erzurum via Sarikamish to Kars over a 3,000m mountain range in the depths of winter. Although by December 1914 they had reached Sarikamish, their progress was slow and they had been unable to bring up heavy artillery. This allowed the Russians to bring up reinforcements and guns, and they were attacked by the Turks on the 25th of December, who took the town the following day. The Russians fell back, regrouped, and then counterattacked, regaining the town. They pursued the Turks back on their tracks and the Turkish offensive collapsed.
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