Battle of Ardahan

Battle of Ardahan
	Part of Caucasus campaign of Middle Eastern theatre in World War I
Date	25 December 1914 – 18 January 1915
Location	Ardahan, Kars Oblast, Russian Empire
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russian Empire Assyrian volunteers;	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Nikolai Istomin; Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov;	Lt. Col. August Stange Bey
Casualties and losses
Unknown	22 December only:; 2,000 dead; 1,027 captured 400 massacred

The Battle of Ardahan (Turkish: Ardahan Harekâtı; Russian: Битва при Ардагане, Armenian: Արդահանի ճակատամարտ) was fought between 25 December 1914 and 18 January 1915 and was an Ottoman military operation commanded by German Lt. Col. Stange to capture the city of Ardahan and cut the Russian link to Sarikamish–Kars line, supporting the Battle of Sarikamish. By 3 January 1915, Vorontsov-Dashkov achieved a decisive victory over the Ottoman forces at Ardahan.