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The Russian army in Malazgirt was outnumbered 3-1 by the Ottoman army. Realizing that if the Ottomans attacked, his army would be destroyed, Yudenich ordered a retreat. The Russians retreated from Malazgirt, and the entire Van region as well. This left the city of Van open to an Ottoman attack, and
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The morale of the Turkish leadership was lifted by the victory at Malazgirt and Abdul Kerim Pasha was encouraged by his success to follow the Russians. However, in the following battle of Karakilise in August the Turks were defeated and this in turn raised Russian morale.
697:. Yudenich quickly regrouped his forces, fired Oganovski, and launched a counter-offensive. Russian casualties were reported to be about 10,000. Malazgirt was recaptured but Yudenich did not have a force large enough to exploit the situation further. 618:, over the period July 10–26, 1915. Even though losses were heavy on both sides, the Russians retreated north and the Turks retook Malazgirt then they further advanced towards Karakilise where they were defeated on 5–8 August at the 676:. They outnumbered the Russians by a factor of 3-1. Oganovski was forced to retreat back to Malazgirt, and in the process the Turks captured his baggage train. On July 20, the Turks retook Malazgirt and on 27 July also took 819:
Further costly fighting saw the Russians defeated and withdraw north towards Karakilise...Turkish General Abdulkerim Pasha secured victory north of Lake Van at Malazgirt (26 July),
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the Ottomans captured the city on August 22. However, Malazgirt was re-captured by the Russians after the Ottomans were defeated at the
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forces in the area were weak. However, the Turkish forces contained several divisions numbering upwards of 40,000 men. On July 16, the
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On July 10, 1915, Russian General Oganovski launched an offensive to capture the hills just west of
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The Malazgirt victory raised a certain optimism in Turkish governing circles
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from the Russians. Due to the poor quality of the Russian communications,
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