joerookery
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Did this really happen? It would have been during the first Balkan war and I cannot seem to find it – help me Mr. Wizard!
Turkish cavalry question
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Did this really happen? It would have been during the first Balkan war and I cannot seem to find it – help me Mr. Wizard!
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joerookery
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Chris,
Thank you for that! It was originally sourced by (Pelet-Narbonne G. z., 1908) pg. 253 in German. My problem is that I cannot substantiate it at all. It is a major doctrinal success if indeed it did happen. One thing that is pretty obvious that caused me to question this in the first place is that the source predates the event! Something is fishy. But to be honest with you finding Turkish knowledgeable people in the English language is not the easiest thing. It does not help that I speak zero Turkish. I hope you don't mind me probing you for information like this. God bless.
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Joe
Thank you for that! It was originally sourced by (Pelet-Narbonne G. z., 1908) pg. 253 in German. My problem is that I cannot substantiate it at all. It is a major doctrinal success if indeed it did happen. One thing that is pretty obvious that caused me to question this in the first place is that the source predates the event! Something is fishy. But to be honest with you finding Turkish knowledgeable people in the English language is not the easiest thing. It does not help that I speak zero Turkish. I hope you don't mind me probing you for information like this. God bless.
VR
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joerookery
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Hold that thought. Frank is checking the source with the Heerskunde. Will be this weekend
joerookery
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While the citation was all messed up. It was not from the Militär-Wochenblatt, it was from Löbell's yearbooks. So, this is what happened:
On November 1st a Turkish cavalry division broke through Bulgarian infantry lines at Lüle Burgas - the Bulgarians were already on their way to win the battle and therefore probably a little careless - and was only stopped by the machine-gun fire of Bulgarian reserve formation.
Found in: v. Löbell's Jahresberichte über das Heer- und Kriegswesen, XXXIX year 1912, edited by Generalmojor z.D. v. Voß - published at E.S. Mittler und Sohn, Berlin 1913, pg. 253
Löbell's yearbook are usually a very reliable and first class source.
On November 1st a Turkish cavalry division broke through Bulgarian infantry lines at Lüle Burgas - the Bulgarians were already on their way to win the battle and therefore probably a little careless - and was only stopped by the machine-gun fire of Bulgarian reserve formation.
Found in: v. Löbell's Jahresberichte über das Heer- und Kriegswesen, XXXIX year 1912, edited by Generalmojor z.D. v. Voß - published at E.S. Mittler und Sohn, Berlin 1913, pg. 253
Löbell's yearbook are usually a very reliable and first class source.