General, Sir John Monash, Personal Files Book 22, 10 April - 1 June 1919- Part 3

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[*per Mr Peacock April 20/1919.*]
ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE TURKISH ARMY IN GALLIPOLI.
The attached is a translation of the original
Order of Battle of the Gallipoli Army. This document,
which was specially prepared for Marshal Liman Von Sanders,
is in the form of an ornamental graphic and is now in the
possession of Major-General Kiazim Pasha, Deputy Chief of
the General Staff, and formerly Chief of Staff to Marshal
Liman Von Sanders.
(SGD) C. C. R. MURPHY
Lieut. Colonel,
General Staff.
WAR OFFICE,
CONSTANTINOPLE.
2nd January, 1919.

ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE ARMY IN GALLIPOLI.
August, 1915.
5th Army.
G.0.C-in-C. Marshal Liman Von Sanders.
Chief of Staff: Colonel Kiazim Bey.

1st ARMY CORPS.	Regts. Nos.	No. of Battns.	Machine Gun Coys.	Cavalry.
1st Division	70	3	1	1st squadn. 5th Cav.
	71	3	1	Regt.
	124	3	-	Artillery.
				1st Artillery Regt:
				4 Field Batteries
				2 Mountain "
				1 Coy. Engineers
				1 Field Hospital
2nd Division	1	3	1	2nd squadn. 5th Cav.
	5	3	-	Regt.
	6	3	-	Artillery:
				2nd Artillery Regt:
				4 Field Batteries
				1 Coy. Engineers
				1 Signal Section
				1 Pontoon Section
				1 Field Hospital
3rd Division	31	3	-	2nd squadn. 3rd Cav.
	32	3	1	Regt.
	39	3	-	Artillery:
				3rd Artillery Regt:
				2 Field Batteries
				1 Coy. Engineers
				1 Signal Section
				1 Field Hospital
		Corps Troops:
		1 Signal Section.

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2nd ARMY CORPS.	Regts. Nos.	No. of Battns.	Machine Gun Coys.	Cavalry.
4th Division	10	4	1	1st squadn. 3rd Cav. Regt.
	11	4	1	Artillery:
	12	4	-	4th Artillery Regt:
				5 Field Batteries
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Signal Section.
				1 Field Hospital.
5th Division	13	3	1	Cavalry.
	14	3	1	3rd squadn. 3rd Cav. Regt.
	15	3	1	Artillery:
				5th Artillery Regt:
				4 Field Batteries.
				2 Mountain “
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Signal Section.
				1 Pontoon Section.
				1 Field Hospital.
6th Division	16	4	1	Cavalry.
	17	4	1	5th squadn. 3rd Cav. Regt.
				Artillery.
				6th Artillery Regt:
				4 Field Batteries.
				2 Mountain “
		Corps Troops:
		4th squadron, 3rd Cav. Regt.
		1 Coy. Engineers.
		1 Signal Section.
3rd ARMY CORPS.
7th Division	19	3	1	Cavalry.
	20	3	-	2nd squadn. 4th Cav. Regt.
	21	3	1	Artillery:
				7th Artillery Regt:
				4 Field Batteries.
				2 Mountain “
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Field Hospital.

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3rd ARMY CORPS. (contd.)	Regts. Nos.	No. of Battns.	Machine Gun Coys.	Cavalry.
8th Division	22	3	1	3rd squadn. 4th Cav. Regt.
	23	3	1	Artillery:
	24	3	1 Ø	8th Artillery Regt:
				4 Field Batteries
				2 Mountain “
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Field Hospital.
9th Division	25	3	1	Cavalry.
	26	3	1 Ø	4th squadn. 4th Cav. Regt.
	27	3	1	Artillery:
				9th Artillery Regt:
				4 Field Batteries.
				2 Mountain “
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Field Hospital.
		Corps Troops:
		1st squadron, 4th Cavalry Regt.
		1 Signal Section.
		1 Coy. Engineers.
		2 Pontoon Sections.
DIVISIONS NOT BELONGING
TO AN ARMY CORPS.
10th Division	28	2	1	Cavalry.
	29	3	1	none.
	30	3	-	Artillery:
				10th Artillery Regt:
				4 Field Batteries
				1 Coy. Engineers
				1 Field Hospital.
11th Division	33	3	1	Cavalry.
	126	3	-	2nd squadn. 12th Cav. Regt.
	127	3	1 Ø	Artillery:
				11th Artillery Regt:
				4 Field Batteries.
				2 Mountain “
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Signal Section.
				1 Field Hospital.
Ø/ Captured from British.

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DIVISIONS NOT BELONGING
TO AN ARMY CORPS.
(cont.)	Regts. Nos.	No. of Battns.	Machine Gun Coys.	Cavalry.
12th Division.	34	4	-
	35	4	-	4th squadn. 4th Cav. Regt.
	36	4	1
				Artillery:
				12th Artillery Regt:
				4 Field Batteries
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Field Hospital.
5th ARMY CORPS.
13th Division.	4	4	1	Cavalry.
	46	4	-	1st squadn. 11th Cav.
	60	4	-	Regt.
				Artillery:
				13th Artillery Regt:
				4 Field Batteries.
				2 Mountain “ (not Q.F.)
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Field Hospital.
14th Division	41	4	1	Cavalry.
	42	4	-	2nd squadn. 11th Cav.
	55	4	1	Regt.
				Artillery:
				14th Artillery Regt:
				4 Field Batteries
				1 “ “ (not q.f.)
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Field Hospital.
15th Division	38	4	1 Ø	Cavalry.
	45	4	1	5th squand. 11th Cav.
	56	4	-	Regt.
				Artillery:
				15th Artillery Regt.
				4 Field Batteries.
				2 Mountain “ (not q.f.)
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Signal Section.
				1 Field Hospital.
		Corps Troops:
		4th squadron 11th Cav. Regt.
		1 Coy. Engineers.
		1 Signal Section.
Ø Captured from British.

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DIVISIONS NOT BELONGING
TO AN ARMY CORPS.
	Regts. Nos.	No. of Battns.	Machine Gun Coys.	Cavalry.
16th Division	47	3	-
	48	3	1 Ø	1st squadn. 27th Cav. Regt.
	125	3	1 Hotchkiss.
				Artillery:
				16th Artillery Regt:
				2 Field Batteries.
				2 Mountain “ (not q.f.)
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Signal Section.
				1 Field Hospital.
19th Division.	57	3	1	Cavalry.
	72	3	2 /	5th squadn. 4th Cav. Regt.
	77	3	-
				Artillery:
				39th Artillery Regt:
	/ 1 Hotchkiss and 1			2 Field Batteries
	captured from British.			2 “ “ (not q.f.)
				2 Mountain “
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Field Hospital.
20th Division.	61	4	1	Cavalry.
	62	4	-	3rd squadn. 12th Cav. Regt.
	63	4	-
				Artillery:
				20th Artillery Regt:
				4 Field Batteries.
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Field Hospital.
25th Division.	73	4	1	Cavalry.
	74	4	-	1 squadn. 29th Cav. Regt.
	75	4	-
				Artillery:
				25th Artillery Regt:
				2 Field Batteries.
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Signal Section.
				1 Field Hospital.
Ø Captured from British.

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6th ARMY CORPS.
	Regts. Nos.	No. of Battns.	Machine Gun Coys.
24th Division	2	4	1	Cavalry.
	58	4	-	2nd squand. 27th Cav. Regt.
	143	4	-
				Artillery:
				24th Artillery Regt:
				4 Field Batteries.
				2 Mountain “ (not q.f.)
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Field Hospital.
26th Division	59	4	-	Cavalry.
	76	4	1	3rd squadn. 27th Cav. Regt.
	78	4	1
				Artillery:
				26th Artillery Regt:
				2 Field Batteries.
				2 Mountain “ “ (not q.f.)
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Signal Section.
		Corps Troops:
		4th squand. 27th Cav. Regt.
		1 Mountain Battery.
		1 Coy. Engineers.
		1 Signal Section.
DIVISIONS NOT BELONGING
TO AN ARMY CORPS.
42nd Division	65	4	-	Cavalry.
	66	4	1	7th squadn. 12th Cav. Regt.
	123	4	-
				Artillery:
				42nd Artillery Regt:
				3 Field Batteries (not q.f.)
				3 Mountain “ “
				1 Coy. Engineers.
				1 Signal Section.
Independent Cavalry Brigade.
1st Lancers with a machine gun coy.
7th Cavalry Regiment.
13th “ “ with a machine gun coy.
Battery of Horse Artillery.
1 Engineer Section.
1 Field Hospital.

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2nd ARMY.

14th Army Corps.
8th Division.

10th "
5th Army Corps.

13th Division.
14th "

15th Army Corps.
3rd Division.

11th "
16th Army Corps.

5th Division.
16th "
17th Army Corps.

15th Division.
25th "
ARMY TROOPS OF THE 5TH ARMY.
64th regt. 3 battalions. 1 Machine Gun Coy. Ø
136th " 4 "
Gallipoli Gendarme Battalion.
Broussa " "
Karasi " "
Dardenelles " "
Constantinople Fire Brigade. 4 Battns. (1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th.)
Adrianople Fortress Engineer Battalion - 4 Coys.
German Engineer Company.
3 Field Batteries (not q.f.)
1 Section Infantry (Muhafiz.)

2 troops Cavalry (Muhafiz.)
1 Signal Coy.
1 Wireless Section.
1 Flying Corps Coy.
Ø Captured from British.
(SGD) C. C. R. MURPHY.
Lieut, Colonel,

General Staff.
WAR OFFICE.
CONSTANTINOPLE.
2nd January, 1919.

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