Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Mehmet Vehip Kaçı

Battles of Mehmet Vehip Kaçı

Turkish general and statesperson (1877–1940)

Mehmet Vehip Kaçı is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1912 and 1918: 8 battles, 1 siege and 2 campaigns across 4 present-day countries, most in Turkey (5), Armenia (3), Greece (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,027 km apart end to end, 403 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (9), First Balkan War (2).

Siege of IoanninaBattle of BizaniTrebizond CampaignBattle of MastaraCapture of TrabzonCapture of ErzurumCaucasus campaignBattle of ErzincanBattle of KarakilisaBattle of SardarabadGerman Caucasus ExpeditionCaucasus campaignBattle of ErzincanBattle of KarakilisaGerman Caucasus ExpeditionAthensAnkaraAleppoBucharestSofiaYerevanBelgradeTiranaThessalonikiSevastopol500 km40.641N, 32.826E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1912: 1 engagements1913: 1 engagements1914: 1 engagements1916: 2 engagements1918: 6 engagements6 in 191819121918
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Ioannina, 1912Battle of Bizani, 1913Caucasus campaign, 1914Trebizond Campaign, 1916Battle of Erzincan, 1916Battle of Karakilisa, 1918Battle of Mastara, 1918Capture of Trabzon, 1918Capture of Erzurum, 1918Battle of Sardarabad, 1918German Caucasus Expedition, 191819121918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 November 1912Siege of IoanninaIoannina, GreeceGreek victory
1913Battle of BizaniBizani municipality, Greece11 km SGreek victory; Capture of Ioannina; End of First Balkan War
1914Caucasus campaignEastern Anatolia Region, Turkey1,999 km ESee #Aftermath
5 February 1916Trebizond CampaignOttoman Empire, Turkey414 km WRussian victory
2 July 1916Battle of ErzincanErzincan, Turkey141 km SRussian victory
1918Battle of KarakilisaVanadzor, Armenia439 km ETactical Ottoman victory; Strategic Armenian victory as...
1918Battle of MastaraMastara, Armenia64 km SWArmenian victory
1918Capture of TrabzonTrabzon, Turkey356 km WOttoman victory
12 March 1918Capture of ErzurumErzurum, Turkey179 km SEOttoman victory
22 May 1918Battle of SardarabadSardarapat, Armenia228 km EArmenian victory
1918German Caucasus ExpeditionSouth Caucasus, Georgia194 km NInconclusive

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.