Battle of Kozludzha

Battle of Kozludzha
	Part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774
	; Battle of Kozludzha by Johann Friedrich Anthing
Date	20 June 1774
Location	near the village of Kozludzha,—now Suvorovo,—Ottoman Bulgaria (part of the Empire)43°19′45.9″N 27°35′33.91″E / 43.329417°N 27.5927528°E
Result	Russian victory Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca; ;
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Abdul-Rezak Pasha	Alexander Suvorov; Mikhail Kamensky
Strength
40,000	8,000
Casualties and losses
3,000 29 guns; 107 standards	209

The Battle of Kozludzha (also known as the Battle of Kozludža or the Battle of Kozluca), fought on 20 June (Old Style - June 9) 1774 near the village of Kozludzha (now Suvorovo, Bulgaria), was one of the final and decisive battles of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774).^[5] The Russians managed to rout the Ottoman army, scoring a major victory.^[5] This battle, alongside several others in this campaign, established the reputation of the Russian Lieutenant-General Alexander Suvorov as one of the brilliant commanders of his time.^[6]^[7]

The Ottoman forces are estimated at 40,000.^[5]^[1]^[2] Russian numbers were much lower,^[8] 8,000 men who participated in the battle.^[1]^[2] All in all, Suvorov had about 19,500 men available. This is his corps (14,000), and part of Kamensky's forces (approximately 5,500 out of 11,000).^[9] The Ottoman forces were demoralized due to previous defeats and had poor logistics (including a year of withheld back pay).^[10]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Duffy C., Younghusband B. Eagles Over the Alps: Suvorov in Italy and Switzerland, 1799. Emperor's Press. 1999. P. 15
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dowling T. C. Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond. ABC-CLIO. 2014. P. 436
^ ^a ^b ^c Petrushevsky, Alexander (1884). Generalissimus Prince Suvorov (in Russian). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). St. Petersburg: Типография М. М. Стасюлевича. pp. 175–177.
^ ^a ^b Dowling T. C. Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond. ABC-CLIO. 2014. P. 437
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[Duffy-1] Duffy C., Younghusband B. Eagles Over the Alps: Suvorov in Italy and Switzerland, 1799. Emperor's Press. 1999. P. 15

[Dowling436-2] Dowling T. C. Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond. ABC-CLIO. 2014. P. 436

[Petrushevsky-3] Petrushevsky, Alexander (1884). Generalissimus Prince Suvorov (in Russian). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). St. Petersburg: Типография М. М. Стасюлевича. pp. 175–177.

[Dowling437-4] Dowling T. C. Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond. ABC-CLIO. 2014. P. 437

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