On October 29, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:[4]
XVIII Provisional Corps (Thrace, under the command of the
Second Eastern Army)
Yozgat Redif Division, Ankara Redif Division, Aydin Redif Division
World War I
Order of Battle, June 1915
The corps was formed as the Right Wing Group of the
Mahmut Kâmil Pasha's
Third Army on June 7, 1915 and commanded by
Halil Bey. In a rearrangement of operational field commands, Mahmut Kâmil Pasha redesigned this unit as the Provisional Halil Corps.[1]
On September 20, 1915, the Provisional Halil Corps was re-designated as the XVIII Corps of the Ottoman Army.[2] In late Summer 1915, the corps was structured as follows:[5]
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abEdward J. Erickson, Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War I: A comparative study, Routledge, 2007,
ISBN978-0-415-77099-6, p. 72.
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abEdward J. Erickson, Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War I: A comparative study, Routledge, 2007,
ISBN978-0-415-77099-6, p. 73.
^T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 162. (in Turkish)
^Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 103.
^Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001,
ISBN0-313-31516-7, p. 109.
^Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001,
ISBN0-313-31516-7, p. 126.
^Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001,
ISBN0-313-31516-7, p. 134.
^Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001,
ISBN0-313-31516-7, p. 154.
^Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001,
ISBN0-313-31516-7, p. 170, 181.
^Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001,
ISBN0-313-31516-7, p. 197.