Battle of Mastara
Battle of Mastara was a battle fought in 1918 in what is now Armenia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of the Middle Eastern theater of World War I, which ran from 1914 to 1918. The recorded result: Armenian victory. Recorded strength: 3,000 against 8,000.
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Fought 1918
Where Armenia 40.448N, 43.881E, placed at the location, approximate
Outcome Armenian victory
Belligerents Armenian National Council against Ottoman Empire
Casualties and losses 500 and 2,000
Where it sits in the Middle Eastern theater of World War I Fao Landing, 1914 Battle of Basra, 1914 Battle of Qurna, 1914 Battle of Ardahan, 1914 Battle of Manzikert, 1915 Battle of Kara Killisse, 1915 naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign, 1915 Battle of Shaiba, 1915 Siege of Van, 1915 Landing at Cape Helles, 1915 Battle of Kumkale, 1915 Battle of Krithia, 1915 Battle for Baby 700, 1915 Battle for No.3 Post, 1915 Battle of Amara, 1915 Battle of Chamba, 1915 Battle of Gully Ravine, 1915 Battle of Nasiriyah, 1915 Landing at Suvla Bay, 1915 Battle of Lone Pine, 1915 Battle of Sari Bair, 1915 Battle of Krithia Vineyard, 1915 Battle of the Nek, 1915 Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli), 1915 Battle of Scimitar Hill, 1915 Battle of Es Sinn, 1915 Battle of Ctesiphon, 1915 Siege of Kut, 1915 Battle of Robat Karim, 1915 Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad, 1916 Battle of Koprukoy, 1916 Battle of Wadi, 1916 Battle of Hanna, 1916 Kermanshah Operation, 1916 Battle of Dujaila, 1916 Battle of Katia, 1916 Battle of Romani, 1916 Battle of Muş, 1916 Battle of Bir el Abd, 1916 Fall of Baghdad, 1917 Battles of Ramadi, 1917 Battle of Oramar, 1917 Raid on Bir el Hassana, 1917 Raid on Nekhl, 1917 Second Battle of Kut, 1917 First Battle of Gaza, 1917 Second Battle of Gaza, 1917 Battle of Istabulat, 1917 Battle of Seray Mountain, 1917 Battle of El Buggar Ridge, 1917 Battle of Beersheba, 1917 Third Battle of Gaza, 1917 Charge at Huj, 1917 Battle of Mughar Ridge, 1917 Battle of Ayun Kara, 1917 Battle of Nebi Samwil, 1917 Battle of Jaffa, 1917 Battle of Megiddo, 1918 Battle of Abaran, 1918 Battle of Mastara, 1918 Capture of Erzincan, 1918 Capture of Trabzon, 1918 Battle of Charah, 1918 Battle of Erzurum, 1918 Capture of Erzurum, 1918 Battle of Hijla, 1918 First Battle of Amman, 1918 First Transjordan attack on Amman, 1918 Battle of Choloki, 1918 Battle of Suldouze, 1918 Battle of Ushno, 1918 Action of Arsuf, 1918 Battle of Karamaryan, 1918 Battle of Goychay, 1918 Battle of Kurdamir, 1918 Battle of Salyan, 1918 Battle of Abu Tellul, 1918 Battle of Tulkarm, 1918 Battle of Arara, 1918 Battle of Nablus, 1918 Battle of Tabsor, 1918 Battle of Nazareth, 1918 Capture of Jisr ed Damieh, 1918 Battle of Haifa, 1918 Battle of Samakh, 1918 Second Battle of Amman, 1918 Capture of Damascus, 1918 Charge at Kaukab, 1918 Charge at Kiswe, 1918 Charge at Khan Ayash, 1918 Battle of Sharqat, 1918 Battle of Aleppo, 1918 Charge at Haritan, 1918 1914 1918 Battle of Mastara, 1918 96 placed engagements of the Middle Eastern theater of World War I in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.
Record
Date 1918 (year precision) Place Armenia40.448N, 43.881E Kind Battle, First World War Strength 3,000 8,000 Casualties and losses 500 2,000 Commanders
Battle of Mastara Battle of Mastara Battle of Ani Siege of Ani Siege of Ani Battle of Başgedikler Battle of Sardarabad Battle of Ani Battle of Başgedikler Battle of Sardarabad Rustavi Ağrı Gyumri Vanadzor Artvin Artashat Ashtarak Tovuz 100 km 40.448N, 43.881E Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Battle of Mastara is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 49 in present-day Armenia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q126888711 , released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mastara , revision 1380609551, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.
