Battle of Kanlı Geçit

Kanlı Geçit
Date 1 November 1920 Location Kanlı Geçit , near Result Turkish victory
Belligerents
Kuva-yi Milliye	France
Commanders and leaders
Tufan Bey	Unknown
Strength
1000 Kuva-yi Milliye men hundreds of volunteers[1][2]	over 3.500 soldiers
Casualties and losses
Unknown	1050 killed

Plain Osmaniye and they are scattered in national detachments located in town, a large part of the French forces in the morning hours without suffering any resistance to the 10.00` had come to Mamure station. The French forces advancing in the direction of the bell has also met with resistance here, they continued to rise for moving towards Bloody Geçit`. In this way, all the forces of the French, they had to noon Blood Alley-Mamure line. This is the face of large-scale attacks on Turkish forces recovered Osmaniye`, Osmaniye-Yarpuz` was able to retreat by Pennyroyal. Ceyhan forces retreated to the northern bank of the Ceyhan River and also a portion of the cocoon and they began to move toward the Kadirli`Y.

French forces north of the Ceyhan River and east of the starting offensive against the Turkish forces, our troops had taken under intense fire. This fire is conveyed to employees under the French forces east of the river, where many casualties and then they gave the Turkish Forces, had repulsed the French forces.

If on November 2, 1920, has never been a serious conflict, but they continued to collect the French forces Blood Alley-Mamure line. In this situation, where the Turkish troops in the rapidly began to collect in Blood Alley zone and 500 Kadirli platoon command in Aydınoğlu Mr. Flood, among which also came to Haruniye`Y.

Bloody Geçit`T to accumulate these forces had entered a short time waiting period. However, in the morning of November 8, 1920 The French began to fire the Turkish forces, and also with the fire, the French aircraft were in motion passed. This attack in French, also they have occupied high positions of the Turkish forces, these positions were taken back by the Turks in the evening. French, but this attack has occupied a hill, had spent the night on the hill.

In the morning of November 9, 1920 in Kabaktepe` French began an extensive and intense offensive against the National Forces, to the attack until the evening, they continued successfully. After this, the French were seized in hours Kabaktepe`Y 12.00`. Gouraud` the divisions in this general attack, the offensive and bloody Geçit` the zabtet have been reduced to Islahiye`Y over Hasanbeyli, Square-i Ekbez` and had come to Gaziantep-Kilis Added by being there.

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