Siege of Scutari (1912–1913)
| Siege of Scutari | |||||||
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| Part of the First Balkan War | |||||||
Clockwise from top left: Flags of Great Powers on Shkodër fortress; Ottoman troops defending Shkodra; Montenegrin flag flying over the Shkoder fortress; Captured flag standard of Montenegrin forces proudly displayed by Turkish and Albanian troops; Albanian guerillas shooting from a tree; Albanian officers posing with captured Montenegrin ammunition | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Hasan Rıza Pasha X Essad Pasha |
King Nikola Crown Prince Danilo Radomir Vešović Damjan Popović (WIA) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 20,000 | 40,000–50,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| A few hundred | 8,000–12,000 | ||||||
The siege of Scutari, also referred to as the siege of Shkodër (Albanian: Rrethimi i Shkodrës, Serbian: Опсада Скадра), known in Turkish as İşkodra Müdafaası (in Turkish) or İşkodra Savunması , took place from 28 October 1912 to 23 April 1913 when the army of the Kingdom of Montenegro defeated the forces of the Ottoman Empire and invaded Shkodër.