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Battle of Bodrum (1773)

Battle of Bodrum (1773)
Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
Date10–18 August 1773
Location
Bodrum, Kos, Ottoman Empire
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
 Ottoman Empire  Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Osman Pasha Grigory Spiridov
Admiral Elmanov
Strength
5,000 4,000
Casualties and losses
Light 2,000

Battle of Bodrum (1773), was a phase in the Russo-Turkish war (1768–1774).

The Russian fleet under the command of Admiral Elmanov landed in Bodrum on 10 August 1773 and in Kos on 17 August, where the Russian troops were repelled by the Turkish garrisons with heavy losses.[1]

Background

After the Chesma victory in 1770, the Russian navy continued its operations freely in the Aegean Sea without being threatened by the Ottoman navy, but the attacks they launched first on Lemnos (1770) and then on Lesbos (1771) were defeated by the Ottoman forces that Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha was able to muster. The Russian navy, which was operating on the coasts of Syria and Egypt in 1772, focused on the Aegean Sea again under the command of Admiral Spiridov in 1773. Within this framework, Admiral Spiridov tasked Admiral Elmanov with 4 galleons and a considerable number of soldiers to destroy the Ottoman concentrations in Bodrum and Kos.[2]

Battle

On August 10, 1773, Admiral Elmanov bombarded Bodrum Castle at around 19:00 and landed 1,000 soldiers, then an additional 1,500 at around 04:00.[3] However, the plundering operation was defeated by the attack of the Turkish troops, and the Russian troops suffered losses. He quickly boarded ships and left Bodrum.[4]

Admiral Elmanov, who was defeated in Bodrum, attacked the island of Kos on August 17. After bombarding the island's castle, he landed nearly 1,500 soldiers. However, Admiral Elmanov, not counting the 5,000-man garrison on the island (including the militia), sent two more regiments and seven mortars to reinforce his weak forces, but was defeated by the Turkish attack on 18 August and withdrew from the island with heavy losses.[5] The Russian army left behind thousands of dead, seven cannons, 10 tons of gunpowder and a large amount of siege equipment as it retreated.[6]

References

  1. ^ Hatzivasileiou, Vasilis (1990). [History of the Island of Kos: Ancient, Medieval and Modern periods] (Greek). Athens: Dimos Ko. p.314
  2. ^ "Naval wars in the Levant, 1559-1853", R.C. Anderson, Princeton University Press (1952), p.303
  3. ^ https://arrecaballo.es 1768-1774 Ottoman-Russian War (Spanish)
  4. ^ "Osmanlı Naval War History", Afif Büyüktuğrul, İstanbul (1970), p.237-238
  5. ^ "Osmanlı Naval War History", Afif Büyüktuğrul, İstanbul (1970), p.238
  6. ^ "Büyük Osmanlı Tarihi", Joseph von Hammer, v.16, p.237
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bodrum_(1773)