Priştine Detachment
{{Short description|Military unit in the Ottoman Empire}}
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Priştine Müfrezesi
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|dates= October–November 3, 1912Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 204.
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The Priştine Detachment of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Priştine Müfrezesi) was one of the Detachments under the command of the Ottoman Vardar Army of the Western Army. It was formed in Priştine (present day: Pristina) area for the defense of KosovoEdward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 202. during the First Balkan War.
Balkan Wars
= Order of Battle, October 19, 1912 =
On October 19, 1912, the detachment was structured as follows:
- Priştine Detachment HQ (Serbian Front, under the command of the Vardar Army of the Western Army)
- Redif Infantry Regiments x 2
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{{Ottoman Forces during the Balkan Wars}}
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Category:Detachment of the Ottoman Empire
Category:Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan Wars
Category:Ottoman period in the history of Kosovo
Category:Ottoman period in the history of Montenegro
Category:1912 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Category:Military history of Kosovo
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