Battle of Derna (1912)

Battle of Sidi Abdullah
	Part of the Italo-Turkish War
Date	3 March 1912
Location	Derna, Ottoman Tripolitania (now Libya)32°45′20.21″N 22°38′15.88″E / 32.7556139°N 22.6377444°E
Result	Italian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy	Ottoman Empire; Senussi Order
Commanders and leaders
Luigi Capello	Mustafa Kemal Bey; İsmail Enver Bey; Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi
Strength
15,000–16,000	8 officers; 160 soldiers; 7,742 Arabs
Casualties and losses
150–200	Unknown

The Battle of Derna, also known as the Battle of Sidi Abdullah (Arabic: معركة سيدي عبد الله), occurred near Derna on 3 March 1912, during the Italo-Turkish War. The battle took place between the Italians led by Luigi Capello and Ottoman-Senussi Forces led by Enver Pasha and Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi.^{[citation needed]}

Citations

^ Kurtcephe.
^ ^a ^b ^c Gawrych (2013), p. 25.
^ The Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser (March 6, 1912), p. 2.

References

The Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser (6 March 1912). "Turco-Italian War". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
Gawrych, George W. (2013). The Young Atatürk: From Ottoman Soldier to Statesman of Turkey. London: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. ISBN 978-1-78076-3224.
Kurtcephe, Dr. Israfil. Trablusgarb'in Italyanlarca Isgali, Mustafa Kemal ve Arkadaslarinin Direnise Katilmalari [The Italian Occupation of Tripoli, Mustafa Kemal and His Friends Joining the Resistance] (PDF) (in Turkish).

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[FOOTNOTEKurtcephe-1] Kurtcephe.

[FOOTNOTEGawrych201325-2] Gawrych (2013), p. 25.

[FOOTNOTEThe_Bundaberg_Mail_and_Burnett_Advertiser_(March_6,_1912)2-3] The Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser (March 6, 1912), p. 2.

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