Erzurum offensive

Erzurum offensive
	Part of the Caucasus campaign of the First World War
	; Le Petit Journal Feb. 27, 1916; Retreat of the Turks after the taking of Erzurum by the Russians
Date	10 January 1916 – 16 February 1916
Location	Erzurum, Ottoman Empire
Result	Russian victory Destruction of 3rd turkish army;
Belligerents
Russian Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Nikolai Yudenich	Abdul Kerim Pasha
Strength
Russian Caucasus Army; 130,000 infantry; 338 guns	Third Army; 78,000; 150 guns
Casualties and losses
17,000	66,000

The Erzurum offensive (Russian: Эрзурумское сражение, romanized: Erzurumskoe srazhenie; Turkish: Erzurum Taarruzu) or Battle of Erzurum (Turkish: Erzurum Muharebesi) was a major winter offensive by the Imperial Russian Army on the Caucasus Campaign, during the First World War that led to the capture of the strategic city of Erzurum. The Ottoman forces, in winter quarters, suffered a series of unexpected reverses, which led to a Russian victory.

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