Battle of Sadakhlo

Battle of Sadakhlo
	Part of Armeno-Georgian War
Location	Sadakhlo, Lori Province (present day Georgia)41°14′20″N 44°47′16″E / 41.23889°N 44.78778°E
Result	Armenian victory
Territorial; changes	Armenian troops take over control Sadakhlo
Combatants
Armenia	Georgia
Commanders and leaders
Drastamat Kanayan	Varden Tsulukidze
Strength
12 infatry companies	1000 troops
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Heavy; ; 130 prisoners taken
	Sadakhlo class=notpageimage\| Location within Georgia

The Battle of Sadakhlo was a military battle fought from 19 to 23 December 1918, between the First Republic of Armenia and the Democratic Republic of Georgia during the 1918 Armeno-Georgian war. The battle was one of the most significant events during the war between Armenia and Georgia.

Battle

The Armenian forces began their attack on December 19, 1918, when the right flank of the Armenian army under general Drastamat Kanayan who managed to skirt the main Georgian forces in Sadakhlo, seizing Shulaver in the process and cutting off the Georgian rear to Sadakhlo. The Armenians engaged against the defense of Sadakhlo directly now, but faced heavy casualties against the Georgian armoured train, the Georgians labored to consolidate their position even though the rails to their rear had been cut and they risked encirclement. On 22 December the Armenians struck again and managed captured the Sadakhlo station and the outskirts of the village but were then forced back once more by the Georgian troops and armored train. On 23 December, Drastamat Kanayan ordered twelve companies to a full-scale offensive. After hours of fierce pitched combat the Armenians seized the strategic village, taking rich bounty consisting of three locomotives, more than a hundred freight cars laden with food and ammunition and some 130 prisoners of war. Following the humiliating battle, General Tsulukidze was relieved of his command and replaced with Giorgi Mazniashvili.^[2]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918–1919. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520019843.
^ Hovannisian, Richard G (1971). Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918-1919. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0520019843.
^ Hovannisian, Richard G (1971). Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918-1919. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0520019843.

[ReferenceA-1] Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918–1919. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520019843.

[2] Hovannisian, Richard G (1971). Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918-1919. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0520019843.

[3] Hovannisian, Richard G (1971). Republic of Armenia: The First Year, 1918-1919. Vol. 1. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0520019843.

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