Battle of Tashkessen

Battle of Tashkessen
	Part of Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Date	December 31, 1877
Location	Near Tashkessen (today Sarantsi), Bulgaria
Result	Ottoman withdrawal
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
General Arkadiy Kurlov; General Iosif Gurko; General Otton Egorovich Rauch	Valentine Baker; Ahmed Javad Pasha
Strength
24,000, 17 guns, of which about 17,000 engaged Russian estimate: 15,000, 22 guns	2,000–2,400 or 3,000, 7 guns and 2 squadrons of cavalry Russian estimate: about 4,000, 7 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
2,000+ (British claim) 562 killed and wounded (Russian estimate)	half of the army (800–1,000 men)

The Battle of Tashkessen or Battle of Tashkesan (Turkish: Taşkesen Muharebesi) took place during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. It was fought between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire on December 31, 1877, in what is now Bulgaria.

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^ On Horseback Through Asia Minor, Frederick Burnaby, 2007, p. xxxiv
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^ ^a ^b Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from ..., by Tony Jaques, page 1000, 2007
^ On Horseback Through Asia Minor, Frederick Burnaby, 2007, p. pxxxvi
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^ ^a ^b On Horseback Through Asia Minor, Frederick Burnaby, 2007, p. xxxviii