Turkish Armies 16 August 1915

1st Army: von der Glotz Pasha Group I European side of the Bosphorus 1st Army : (newly formed) 9 battalions 5 squadrons 3rd Army Corps: 19th 58th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 59th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) Group II Asiatic Side of Bosphorous 5th Army Corps:; 9 newly formed battalions Gendarmes Regiment (3 bns) Group III, Smyrna & Aegean Coast 4th Army Corps: 20th Division 61st Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 62nd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 63rd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 1 machine gun company 6 field batteries 3 mountain batteries

2nd Army Group I - Chataldja 6th Army Corps: 24th Division: 2nd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 3rd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) Group II - Bulgarian Frontier 6th Army Corps: 2tth Division: 76th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 78th Infantry Regiment (3 bns)

3rd Army: Mahmud Kiamil Pasha 9th Corps: 17th Division: (organization unknown) 28th Division: (organization unknown) 29th Division: (organization unknown) 10th Corps: 30th Division: (organization unknown) 31st Division: (organization unknown) 32nd Division: (organization unknown) 11th Corps: 18th Division: (organization unknown) 33rd Division: (organization unknown) 34th Division: (organization unknown) Independent 36th Division: (organization unknown) 37th Division: (organization unknown) Total 3rd Army

1 130 battalions & 100 squadrons

4th Army: Ahmed Jemal Pasha (around ) Group I - around Siani 2 battalions of 23rd Division 1 Camel Battalion Group II - Jaffa-Jersulem: remainder of 23rd Division (7 below strength battalions Group III - Haifa 27th Division (9 battalions) Group IV - Lebanon 67th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) Det/29th Cavarly Regiment Total: 21 battalions, 5 squadrons & 1 camel battalion (500 men)

5th Army: Liman von Sanders Pasha (around Akbashi) I Corps: 1st Division 7th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 71st Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 121st Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 2 machine gun companies 4 field batteries 2 mountain batteries 3 howitzer batteries 2nd Division: 4th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 5th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 6th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 2 machine gun companies 4 field batteries 3rd Muretteb (Division?): 31st Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 32nd Infantry Regiment (2 bns & 1 reserve bn) 39th Infantry Regiment (2 bns & 1 reserve bn) 1 machine gun company 2 field batteries 3 mountain batteries II Corps: 4th Division: 10th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 11th Infantry Regiment (2 bns & 1 reserve bn) 12th Infantry Regiment (2 bns & 1 reserve bn) 2 machine gun companies 7 cavalry squadrons 4 field batteries : 13th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 14th Infantry Regiment (2 bns & 1 reserve bn) 15th Infantry Regiment (2 bns & 1 reserve bn) 2 machine gun companies 4 field batteries 2 mountain batteries 16th Infantry Regiment (3 bns)

2 17th Infantry Regiment (2 bns & 1 reserve bn) 18th Infantry Regiment (2 bns & 1 reserve bn) 2 machine gun companies 4 field batteries 2 mountain batteries 1 gendarmes regiment III Corps: : 19th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 20th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 21st Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 2 machine gun companies 10 cavalry squadrons 4 field batteries 2 mountain batteries 3 howitzer batteries : 25th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 26th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 27th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 2 machine gun companies 4 field batteries 1 mountain battery 19th Division: 57th Infantry Regiment (2 bns & 1 reserve bn) 72nd Infantry Regiment (2 bns & 1 reserve bn) 77th Infantry Regiment (2 bns & 1 reserve bn) 2 machine gun companies 4 field batteries 2 mountain batteries 3 howitzer batteries IV Corps: 11th Division: 33rd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 126th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 127th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 1 machine gun company 4 field batteries 2 mountain batteries 12th Division: 34th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 35th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 36th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 2 machine gun companies 2 cavalry squadrons 4 field batteries V Corps: 13th Division: 27th Infantry Regiment 38th Infantry Regiment 46th Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Regiment 9 infnatry & 3 reserve battalions 2 machine gun companies 4 cavalry squadrons

3 4 field batteries 2 mountain batteries 14th Division: 41st Infantry Regiment 42nd Infantry Regiment 64th Infantry Regiment 55th Infantry Regiment 9 infantry & 3 reserve battalions 2 machine gun companies 4 field batteries 2 mountain batteries 15th Division: 45th Infantry Regiment 56th Infantry Regiment 44th Infantry Regiment 60th Infantry Regiment 6 infantry & 6 reserve battalions 3 machine gun companies 4 field batteries VI Corps: 16th Division: 47th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 48th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 49th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 1 machine gun company 2 field batteries 2 mountain batteries VIII Corps: 25th Division: 73rd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 74th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 75th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 3 machine gun companies 4 field batteries 2 mountain batteries XIV Corps: : 22nd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 23rd Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 24th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 2 machine gun companies 4 field batteries 2 mountain batteries 10th Division: 28th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 29th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 30th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 3 machine gun companies 4 field batteries 2 mountain batteries 36th Division: 106th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 107th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) 108th Infantry Regiment (3 bns) Mesopotamian Army: Nureddin Pasha (in Iraq)

4 Divisions A & B: (Euphrates) 8 Nizam Battalions 4 Reserve Battalions Division C: (Tigrus) 10 Nizam Battalions 4 Reserve Battalions Division E: (Baghdad Reserve) 1 Nizam Battalion 3 Reserve Battalions Other: 10 cavalry squadorns 5 field batteries

Jedjaz Army: (Ghyalilb Bey (in Mecca) 21st & 22nd Divisions: 16 Nizam battalions 4 machine gun companies 2 cavarly squadrons 6 mountain batteries

Yemen Army: 39th and 40th Divisions: 18 Nizam Battalions 6 reserve battalions 3 machine gun companies 5 cavalry squadrons 5 field batteries 5 mountain batteries 1 howitzer battery

Ordre de Bataille of the Turkish Army, Corrected to 16 August 1915, 1915, Cairo, British Government Press

Copyright GFN 1993

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