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First Army (Ottoman Empire)

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This article is about a field army of the Ottoman Empire. For the field army of the Republic of Turkey, see First Army (Turkey).
First Army
ActiveSeptember 6, 1843
August 5, 1914 – February 17, 1918[1]
September 24, 1918 – October 11, 1918[1]
Country Ottoman Empire
TypeField Army
Garrison/HQSelimiye, Constantinople
Nickname(s)Hassa Ordusu
PatronSultans of the Ottoman Empire

The First Army or First Guards Army of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Birinci Ordu or Hassa Ordusu) was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the middle 19th century during Ottoman military reforms.

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Formations

Order of Battle, 1877

In 1877, it was stationed in Selimiye. It was composed of:

  • Infantry: Seven line regiments and seven rifle battalion.[2]
    • 1st Regular Infantry Division (Birinci Nizamiye Fırkası)[3]
    • 2nd Regular Infantry Division (İkinci Nizamiye Fırkası)[3]
  • Cavalry: Five line regiments and one Cossack brigade.[2]
    • Cavalry Division (Süvari Fırkası)[3]
  • Artillery: Nine field and three horse batteries, one İhtiyat regiment.[2]
    • Artillery Division (Topçu Fırkası)[3]
  • Engineer: One sapper company, eight companies of engineers, one company of artificers.[2]
    • Engineer regiment (İstihkâm Alayı) x 2[3]

Order of Battle, 1908

After the Young Turk Revolution and the establishment of the Second Constitutional Era on July 3, 1908, the new government initiated a major military reform. Army headquarters were modernized. Its operational area was Constantinople and the Bosporus, and it had units in Europe and Asia Minor. It commanded the following active divisions:[4] The First Army also had inspectorate functions for four Redif (reserve) divisions:[5][6]

  • First Army Headquarters:
    • 1st Infantry Division (Birinci Fırka)
    • 2nd Infantry Division (İkinci Fırka)
    • 1st Cavalry Division (Birinci Süvari Fırkası)
    • 1st Artillery Division (Birinci Topçu Fırkası)
    • Chataldja Fortified Area Command (Çatalca Müstahkem Mevkii Komutanlığı)
  • Redif divisions of the First Army (name of the division denotes its location)
    • 1st Bursa Reserve Infantry Division (Birinci Bursa Redif Fırkası)
    • 2nd Kastamonu Reserve Infantry Division (İkinci Kastamonu Redif Fırkası)
    • 3rd Ankara Reserve Infantry Division (Üçüncü Ankara Redif Fırkası)
    • 4th Kayseri Reserve Infantry Division (Dördüncü Kayseri Redif Fırkası)

Order of Battle, 1911

With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the Army was headquartered in Harbiye. The Army before the First Balkan War in 1911 was structured as such:[7]

World War I

Commanders

Order of Battle, August 1914

In August 1914, the army was structured as follows:[8]

Order of Battle, November 1914

In November 1914, the army was structured as follows:[9]

Order of Battle, Late April 1915

In late April 1915, the army was structured as follows:[10]

  • I Corps
    • 1st Division, 2nd Division
  • II Corps
    • 4th Division, 5th Division, 6th Division
  • IV Corps
    • 10th Division, 12th Division
  • 20th Division
  • 1st Cavalry Brigade

Order of Battle, Late Summer 1915, January 1916

In late Summer 1915, January 1916, the army was structured as follows:[11]

  • 1st Division
  • 20th Division
  • 1st Cavalry Brigade

Order of Battle, August 1916

In August 1916, the army was structured as follows:[12]

  • 1st Cavalry Brigade
  • 49th Division

Order of Battle, December 1916

In December 1916, the army was structured as follows:[13]

  • I Corps
    • 14th Division, 16th Division
  • 1st Cavalry Brigade

Order of Battle, August 1917

In August 1917, the army was structured as follows:[14]

Order of Battle, January 1918

In January 1918, the army was structured as follows:[15]

Order of Battle, June 1918

In June 1918, the army was structured as follows:[16]

  • I Corps
    • 42nd Division
  • 1st Cavalry Brigade
  • 25th Division

Order of Battle, September 1918

In September 1918, the army was structured as follows:[17]

After Mudros

First Army Troops Inspectorate, May 1919

In April 1919, Şevket Turgut Pasha, Cevat Pasha and Kavaklı Mustafa Fevzi Pasha hold a secret meeting in Constantinople. They prepared a report called "Trio Oath" (Üçler Misâkı) and decided to establish army inspectorate for the defense of homeland. In late April, Kavaklı Mustafa Fevzi Pasha submitted this report to the Minister of War Şakir Pasha. On April 30, 1919, the War Ministry and Sultan Mehmed VI ratified the decision about the establishing of army inspectorates that had been accepted by the Chief of General Staff[18] And then the First Army Troops Inspectorate (stationed in Constantinople, Kavaklı Mustafa Fevzi Pasha), the Yildirim Troops Inspectorate (stationed in Konya, Mersinli Cemal Pasha, later Second Army Inspectorate) Inspectorate, the Ninth Army Troops Inspectorate (stationed in Erzurum, Mustafa Kemal Pasha, later Third Army Inspectorate) was formed. Additionally, the Rumeli Military Troops Inspectorate (Nureddin Pasha) would be established and the XIII Corps would be under the direction of the Ministry of War.[19] In May 1919, the army inspectorate was structured as follows:[20][21]

Commanders

  • Müşir (Field Marshal) Hasan Rıza Pasha (September 6, 1843 – February 3, 1847)
  • Müşir Mehmet Rüşdi Pasha (February 3, 1847-March 1849)
  • Müşir Mahmut Pasha (March 1849-Aug 7, 1852)
  • Müşir Mehmet Selim Pasha (August 8, 1852 – May 15, 1853, May 1855-November 1857)
  • Müşir Mehmet Reşit Pasha (September 1854-May 1855)
  • Müşir Mehmet Vasıf Pasha (November 1856-September 4, 1857, -1860)
  • Müşir Namık Pasha (July 1860-September 1861)
  • Müşir Mehmet Fuat Pasha (September 1861-June 1863)
  • Müşir Hüseyin Avni Pasha (June 1863-20 Aralık 1865)
  • Müşir Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha (December 20, 1865 – June 3, 1868)
  • Müşir Ömer Lütfi Pasha (June 4, 1868 – December 3, 1869)
  • Müşir Mehmet İzzet Pasha (December 4, 1869 – August 27, 1870, January 1873-February 1873)
  • Müşir Ahmet Esat Pasha (August 27, 1870 – September 1, 1871)
  • Şehzade Yusuf İzzettin Efendi (September 1, 1871-January 1873)
  • Müşir Mehmet Redif Pasha (February 1873-June 1876)
  • Müşir Derviş İbrahim Pasha (June 1876-June 1877)
  • Ferik Hüseyin Hüsnü Pasha (June 1877-March 1878)
  • Müşir Osman Nuri Pasha (March 1878-July 12, 1880)
  • Müşir İsmail Hakkı Pasha (July 12, 1880 – 1881)
  • Müşir Mehmed Rauf Pasha bin Abdi Pasha (1881–1908)
  • Ferik Ömer Yaver Pasha (August 24, 1909 – June 3, 1910)
  • Ferik Zeki Pasha (June 4, 1910 – March 1, 1911)
  • Mirliva Mahmut Şevket Pasha (March 2, 1911 – August 30, 1912)
  • Müşir Abdullah Pasha (August 31, 1912 – 1913)
  • Müşir Otto Liman von Sanders (August 3, 1914 – April 2, 1915)
  • Müşir Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (April 2, 1915 – October 5, 1915)
  • Mirliva Mehmet Esat Pasha (October 12, 1915 – February 17, 1918)

Sources

  1. ^ a b David Nicolle, colour plates by Rafaelle Ruggeri, The Ottoman Army 1914-18, Men-at-Arms 269, Ospray Publishing Ltd., 1994, ISBN 1-85532-412-1, p. 14.
  2. ^ a b c d Ian Drury, Illustrated by Raffaele Ruggeri, The Russo-Turkish War 1877, Men-at-Arms 277, Ospray Publishing Ltd., Reprinted 1999, ISBN 1-85532-371-0, p. 35.
  3. ^ a b c d e Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912-1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 6.
  4. ^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912-1913, Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003, p. 17.
  5. ^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail: The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912-1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 19.
  6. ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Başkanlığı, Balkan Harbi, 1912-1913: Harbin Sebepleri, Askerî Hazırlıklar ve Osmanlı Devletinin Harbe Girişi, Genelkurmay Basımevi, 1970, pp. 87-90. (in Turkish)
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  8. ^ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN 0-313-31516-7, p. 38.
  9. ^ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN 0-313-31516-7, p. 43.
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  13. ^ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN 0-313-31516-7, p. 154.
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  18. ^ Zekeriya Türkmen, Mütareke Döneminde Ordunun Durumu ve Yeniden Yapılanması (1918-1920), Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2001, ISBN 975-16-1372-8, p. 105. (in Turkish)
  19. ^ Zekeriya Türkmen, Mütareke Döneminde Ordunun Durumu ve Yeniden Yapılanması (1918-1920), Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2001, ISBN 975-16-1372-8, p. 106. (in Turkish)
  20. ^ Zekeriya Türkmen, Mütareke Döneminde Ordunun Durumu ve Yeniden Yapılanması (1918-1920), Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2001, ISBN 975-16-1372-8, p. 333. (in Turkish)
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