Battle of Carraleva Pass
The Battle of Carraleva Pass (Albanian: Beteja e Carralevës) was a battle between Albanian rebels and Ottoman forces during the Revolt of 1910. The clash represented a military offensive launched by Shevket Turgut Pasha against Albanian rebels that were blocking the Carraleva Pass. After 3 Days of fighting the Albanian insurgents were defeated and retreated to the Drenica region. They wereoutnumbered and outfalanked by the Ottoman forces which had been given the assistance of local Serb villagers and schoolteachers to guide through the mountains and gain advantage of position.
| Battle of Carraleva Pass | |||||||
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| Part of Albanian revolt of 1910 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Albanian rebels | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
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Isa Boletini Idriz Seferi | Shevket Turgut Pasha | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| heavy | heavy | ||||||
According to Albanian sources the Ottomans attacked 8,000 Albanian with 20,000 irregular soldiers. Both sides suffered heavy casualties.
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