Battle of Derna (1912)

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Battle of Sidi Abdullah
Part of the Italo-Turkish War
Date 3 March 1912 Location Derna, Ottoman Tripolitania (now Libya) 32°45′20.21″N 22°38′15.88″E / 32.7556139°N 22.6377444°E / 32.7556139; 22.6377444 Result Ottoman-Sennusi victory[1]
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy	Ottoman Empire Senussi Order
Commanders and leaders
Luigi Capello	Mustafa Kemal Bey[2] İsmail Enver Bey Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi
Strength
15,000-16,000[3]	8 officers      160 soldiers 7,742 Arabs[3]
Casualties and losses
150-200[3][4]

The Battle of Derna, also known as the Battle of Sidi Abdullah (Arabic: معركة سيدي عبد الله), occurred near Derna on 3 March 1912, during the Italo-Turkish War. The battle took place between the Italians led by Luigi Capello and Ottoman-Senussi Forces led by Enver Pasha and Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi.^{[citation needed]}