Battle of Kara Killisse (1918)

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Part of Caucasus Campaign in the Middle Eastern Theatre (World War I)

Date	May 25-28 1918
Location	Kara Killisse
Result	Armenian victory^{[citation needed]}

Combatants

Image:Ottoman Flag.svg Ottoman Empire

Image:Flag of Armenia.svg Democratic Republic of Armenia

Commanders

Garegin Njdeh
Movses Silikyan

Strength

Casualties

Caucasus Campaign
Sarikamis – Malazgirt – Van – Koprukoy – Erzurum – Erzincan – Bitlis – Kara Killisse – Sardarapat – Bash Abaran

The Battle of Kara Killisse was a battle of Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place in the vicinity of Kara Killisse, in 1918. It is claimed that Armenian forces won the battle.^{[citation needed]}

Movses Silikyan was the commander of the Armenian armed unit (with heavy cannons).^{[citation needed]}tr:Kara Killisse Savaşı (1918)