Battle of Sulukh
Battle of Sulukh | |||||||
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Part of Armenian National Liberation Movement | |||||||
The battle site | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Armenian fedayi | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gevorg Chavush † | Cherkez Keosse Binbashi † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
200+[1] | 200+[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
87 dead 10+ wounded[3] |
8 dead[4] | ||||||
23 Armenian civilians massacred | |||||||
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The Battle of Sulukh was fought between Armenian fedayis and Ottoman forces on 27 May 1907. It is most notable for being the conflict that led to the death of Gevorg Chavush.
Battle
At that time, Sulukh was a small village of around a hundred houses on the road from Erzurum to Muş. The fedayi entourage was camping there overnight, when the Turks attacked them. Fedayi leaders Gevorg Chavush, Sbaghanats Kaleh, Seito Boghos, Ghazar of Shenik, and Ruben Ter Minasian (who later recounted the battle in his memoirs) were present.[5] The Armenians were besieged by the Turks. At the start of the battle, the resistance of the Armenians was successful. However, after a massive Turkish attack, the Turks had captured the village. During the defense, Sbaghanats Kaleh was killed[6] and Gevorg Chavush was wounded and lost consciousness (which later caused his death). Nevertheless, the death of the colonel Keosse Binbashi panicked the Turks, as a result of which, Armenians launched a surprise attack, and the fedayeen were able to carry Gevorg away from the village.[citation needed] Gevorg's comrades carried him to the bank of the Aratsani River (Eastern Euphrates) and left him under a bridge with some villagers from Sulukh; Gevorg died of his wounds the next morning on 28 May.[5][6]
References
- ^ Türk Kafkasında siyasi ve etnik yapı: eski çağlardan günümüze Azerbaycan tarihi İsmail Mehmetov Ötüken Yayınları, 2009
- ^ Türk Kafkasında siyasi ve etnik yapı: eski çağlardan günümüze Azerbaycan tarihi İsmail Mehmetov Ötüken Yayınları, 2009
- ^ Türk Kafkasında siyasi ve etnik yapı: eski çağlardan günümüze Azerbaycan tarihi İsmail Mehmetov Ötüken Yayınları, 2009
- ^ Türk Kafkasında siyasi ve etnik yapı: eski çağlardan günümüze Azerbaycan tarihi İsmail Mehmetov Ötüken Yayınları, 2009
- ^ a b c Antranig Chalabian (1988). General Andranik and the Armenian Revolutionary Movement. Southfield. pp. 158–159. ISBN 9780962274114.
- ^ a b Poghosyan, S. K. (1989). "Գևորգ Չաուշ" [Gevorg Chaush (part 2)] (PDF). Lraber (in Armenian) (7): 24–36. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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