First Battle of İnönü

First Battle of İnönü
	Part of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–22)
	; Mustafa Kemal at the end of the First Battle of İnönü
Date	6–11 January 1921
Location	Near İnönü, Eskişehir, Turkey
Result	Turkish victory Greek offensive stopped; Both sides forced to retreat;
Belligerents
Ankara Government	Greece
Commanders and leaders
İsmet Pasha; Mehmet Arif Bey (11th Div.); Mehmet Atıf Bey (24th Div.); Mehmet Nâzım Bey (4th Div.)	Anastasios Papoulas
Strength
6,000 soldiers	18,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
95 killed; 183 wounded; 211 prisoners	51 killed, 130 wounded

The First Battle of İnönü (Turkish: Birinci İnönü Muharebesi) took place between 6 and 11 January 1921 near İnönü in Hüdavendigâr Vilayet (present-day Eskişehir Province, Turkey) during the Greco-Turkish War (1919–22), also known as the western front of the larger Turkish War of Independence. This was the first battle for the Army of the Grand National Assembly that was newly built standing army (Düzenli ordu) in place of irregular troops.

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