Priştine Detachment

Priştine Detachment
Priştine Müfrezesi
Priştine Detachment; Priştine Müfrezesi
Active	October–November 3, 1912
Country	Ottoman Empire
Allegiance	Vardar Army
Size	Detachment
Garrison/HQ	Priştine (present day: Pristina)
Patron	Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Mehmet Pasha

The Priştine Detachment of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Priştine Müfrezesi) was one of the Detachments under the command of the Ottoman Vardar Army of the Western Army. It was formed in Priştine (present day: Pristina) area for the defense of Kosovo^[2] during the First Balkan War.

Balkan Wars

On October 19, 1912, the detachment was structured as follows:^[2]

Priştine Detachment HQ (Serbian Front, under the command of the Vardar Army of the Western Army)
- Redif Infantry Regiments x 2

^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 204.
^ ^a ^b Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 202.

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Priştine Detachment Priştine Müfrezesi
Active	October–November 3, 1912^[1]
Country	Ottoman Empire
Allegiance	Vardar Army
Size	Detachment
Garrison/HQ	Priştine (present day: Pristina)
Patron	Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Commanders
Notable commanders	Mehmet Pasha