Battle of Ardahan

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Battle of Ardahan
Part of Caucasus campaign of Middle Eastern theatre in World War I
Date 25 December 1914 – 18 January 1915 Location Ardahan, Kars Oblast, Russian Empire Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Nikolai Istomin	Lt. Col. August Stange Bey
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Ardahan (Turkish: Ardahan Harekâtı; Russian: Битва при Ардагане, Armenian: Արդահանի ճակատամարտ) was fought between 25 December 1914 and 18 January 1915 and was an Ottoman military operation commanded by German Lt. Col. Stange to capture the city of Ardahan and cut the Russian link to Sarikamish–Kars line, supporting the Battle of Sarikamish.^[1]