• Source: Seventh Army (Ottoman Empire)

      • The Ottoman Seventh Army was a large military formation of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although designated as an army, at least by 1918, it was only of corps strength.
      The Seventh Army was established in 1877 for service in Arabia and the Yemen. By 1908 it consisted of the 13th and 14th infantry divisions, one cavalry regiment and one artillery regiment and they were involved in combatting insurgent tribesmen in the Yemen.


      World War I




      = Order of Battle, August 1917

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      In August 1917, the army was structured as follows:

      Seventh Army, Syria (Mirliva Mustafa Kemal Pasha)
      III Corps
      24th Division, 50th Division
      XV Corps
      19th Division, 20th Division
      German Asia Corps
      In late 1917, commanded by Fevzi Pasha, the Seventh Army was ordered to advanced across the desert in order to bring pressure to bear upon Allenby's inland flank in Palestine. While Allenby attacked the Ottoman Eighth Army, his Australian Mounted Division was sent to hold back the advance of the Seventh Army. The Seventh Army did manage to force the Australians to retreat by several miles but ultimately the Australians held their line. After the British victory in the Battle of Mughar Ridge on 13 November (which did not directly involve the Seventh Army), Fevzi decided to withdraw the Seventh Army to guard Jerusalem.


      = Order of Battle, January 1918

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      In January 1918, the army was structured as follows:

      Seventh Army (Mirliva Mustafa Fevzi Pasha)
      III Corps
      1st Division, 19th Division, 24th Division
      XV Corps
      26th Division, 53rd Division
      3rd Cavalry Division
      German Asia Corps


      = Order of Battle, June 1918

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      In June 1918, the army was structured as follows:

      Seventh Army (Mirliva Mustafa Fevzi Pasha)
      III Corps
      1st Division, 24th Division, 3rd Cavalry Division
      XV Corps
      26th Division, 53rd Division, 19th Division
      German Asia Corps


      = Order of Battle, September 1918

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      In September 1918, the army was structured as follows:

      Seventh Army (Mirliva Mustafa Kemal Pasha)
      III Corps (Miralay İsmet Bey)
      1st Division, 11th Division
      XV Corps (Miralay Ali Fuat Bey)
      26th Division, 53rd Division
      The Seventh Army was destroyed by British aerial bombardment during its retreat from Nablus on 21 September 1918.


      After Mudros




      = Order of Battle, November 1918

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      In November 1918, the army was structured as follows:

      Seventh Army (Mirliva Ali Fuat Pasha, deputy)
      III Corps
      11th Division, 24th Division
      XX Corps
      1st Division, 43rd Division


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