Battle of Kaçanik Pass
The Battle of Kaçanik Pass (Albanian: Beteja e Grykës së Kaçanikut) was a battle between Albanian rebels and Ottoman forces during the Revolt of 1910. The clashes represented a series of military offensives launched by Shevket Turgut Pasha against Albanian rebels that blocked the railway to Skopje at the Kaçanik Pass.
| Battle of Kaçanik Pass | |||||||
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| Part of Albanian revolt of 1910 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Albanian rebels | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Idriz Seferi | Shevket Turgut Pasha | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Ottoman Army composed of Kurdish irregulars | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,000 rebels | 40,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 800 killed or wounded |
2,000-Several Thousand killed 90 Ottoman officers killed 20 battalions destroyed | ||||||
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