Battle of Derna (1912)

For other uses, see Battle of Derna (disambiguation).

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 Result Italian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy	Ottoman Empire Senussi Order
Commanders and leaders
Luigi Capello	Mustafa Kemal Bey[1] İsmail Enver Bey Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi
Strength
15,000–16,000[2]	8 officers      160 soldiers 7,742 Arabs[2]
Casualties and losses
150–200[2][3]	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

1. Kurtcephe.
2. Gawrych (2013), p. 25.
3. 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).