Siege of Anapa (1788)

1788 siege of Anapa
Part of Anapa campaign of 1788 of the Sheikh Mansur Movement and Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
Date 13th – 15th October 1788 Location Anapa Fortress, Ottoman Empire Result North Caucasian–Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Sheikh Mansur Movement Ottoman Empire	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Sheikh Mansur Tatal-Bey	Peter Tekeli Johann Hermann von Fersen
Strength
22,000 10,000 12,000	17,500 33 cannons
Casualties and losses
700 KIA	Unknown

The siege of Anapa of 1788 was a major confrontation between the North Caucasians led by Sheikh Mansur and Turkish troops led by the commander of Anapa, Tatal-Bey, with a Russian force led by General Peter Tekeli. During the battle, the Russian army managed to force the Turks and North Caucasians into the fortress, after which they began besieging it. However, according to General Tekeli, the Russian army was not ready to storm Anapa yet, and if they managed to capture fortress, it would be difficult to hold. Thus, the Russian troops retreated from Anapa on October 15, 1788, and, except for minor skirmishes with Circassian mountaineers, the iege of Anapa was the last major battle of the campaign and the year 1788 as a whole.