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Karadağ Border General Forces
Ottoman soldiers in Montenegrin Border
Ottoman soldiers at Montenegrin Border[citation needed]
Active November 9, 1912[1]-
Country Ottoman Empire
Allegiance Western Army
Size Corps
Garrison/HQ Debre-i Bala (present day: Debar)
Patron Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Ferik Mahmud Hayred Pasha

The Karadağ Border General Forces Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish language: Karadağ Sınır Umum Kuvvetleri) was an ad hoc corps under the command of the Ottoman Western Army during the First Balkan War. It was formed in the vicinity of Yakova (Gjakova) and Pirzerin (Prizren) with remnant units of İpek Detachment and Priştine Detachment and its headquarters was established in Derbe-i Bala (Debar) on November 9, 1912.[1]

Order of Battle, November 9, 1912[]

On November 9, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:[1]

  • Karadağ Border General Forces HQ (Debre-i Bala, under the command of the Western Army)
    • 21st Division (Djavit Pasha)
    • Provisional Infantry Division (Fethi Bey)

Sources[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 204.
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