Sudzhuq-Kale raid (1787)
| Sudzhuq-Kale Raid (1787) | |||||||||
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| Part of Circassian-Turkish conflicts | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Ottoman Empire |
 Kabardian cavalry | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Ottoman detachment commander (unknown) |
Brigadier Gorič (Gorich) Kabardian noble cavalry leaders | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Small Ottoman outpost detachment (exact number unknown) | ~500 Kabardian panzirniks (armored cavalry) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Detachment dispersed; two copper cannons lost | unknown | ||||||||
The Sudzhuq-Kale Raid was a military action conducted by the Karabadian (Circassian) in coordination with Russian forces during the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792. It saw Karabadian forces clash with a garrison of their erstwhile allies, the Ottoman Empire.
History
In October 1787, during the opening phase of the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792), a Kabardian detachment of about 500 armored horsemen (panzirniks) advanced toward the Ottoman fortress of Sudzhuq-Kale on the Black Sea coast. Acting in coordination with the forces of Russian commander Ivan Tekeļi, the Kabardians moved through the mountain passes of Kabarda and into the western Circassian lands.[1]
Near the approaches to Sudzhuq-Kale they encountered and defeated an Ottoman outpost, dispersing the garrison and capturing two bronze cannons as trophies. The guns were later transported to Georgievsk, the administrative center of the Caucasus Line.[1]
References
- ^ a b Potto, V. A. "Генерал-аншеф Текелли" (PDF). Кавказская война. Том 1: От древнейших времён до Ермолова [The Caucasian War. Vol. 1: From the Earliest Times to Yermolov] (PDF) (Historical monograph) (in Russian). pp. 87–88.
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