The X Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 10 ncu Kolordu or Onuncu Kolordu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms.
Formation
Order of Battle, 1911 With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the X Corps was headquartered in Erzincan. The Corps before the First Balkan War in 1911 was structured as such:Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 380.
X Corps, Erzincan 30th Infantry Division, Erzincan 88th Infantry Regiment, Erzincan 89th Infantry Regiment, Erzincan 90th Infantry Regiment, Erzincan 30th Rifle Battalion, Yemen 30th Field Artillery Regiment, Erzincan 30th Division Band, Erzincan 31st Infantry Division, Erzincan 91st Infantry Regiment, Siirt 92nd Infantry Regiment, Bitlis 93rd Infantry Regiment, Sivas 31st Rifle Battalion, Erzincan 31st Division Band, Erzincan 32nd Infantry Division, Ma'murat-ül Aziz 94th Infantry Regiment, Diyâr-ı Bekir 95th Infantry Regiment, Ma'murat-ül Aziz 96th Infantry Regiment, Dersim 32nd Rifle Battalion, Erzıncan 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, Erzincan 32nd Division Band, Ma'murat-ül Aziz Units of IX Corps 19th Cavalry Regiment, Erzincan 20th Cavalry Regiment, Diyâr-ı Bekir 9th Engineer Battalion, Erzincan 9th Transport Battalion, Erzincan Medical Detachment, Erzincan
Balkan Wars
Order of Battle, January 7, 1913 On January 7, 1913, the Provisional X Corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 260.
X Corps 31st Division 32nd Division Mamuretülaziz Redif Division 30th Field Artillery Regiment Independent Schneider Artillery Battalion Mountain Howitzer Battalion 5th Cavalry Regiment Tribal Cavalry Division Trains and Ammunition Columns
Order of Battle, March 25, 1913 On March 25, 1913, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 287.
X Corps (Thrace, under the command of the Chataldja Army) 4th Division, 31st Division Amasya Redif Division Independent Cavalry Brigade
Order of Battle, July 1913 X Corps (Gallipoli Army) 4th Division, 31st Division, Aziz Infantry Division
World War I
Order of Battle, August 1914, November 1914, ate April 1915, Late Summer 1915, January 1916, August 1916 In November 1914, Late April 1915, Late Summer 1915, January 1916, August 1916, the corps was structured as follows:Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 38, 43, 86, 109, 126, 134.
X Corps (Caucasus) 30th Division, 31st Division, 32nd Division
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