What is Siege of Erzurum?
'''Siege of Erzurum''' was a campaign siege initiated by [[Enver Pasha]]. {{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Siege of Erzurum (1918) | place = [[Erzurum]], [[Turkey]] | result = Ottoman-Kurdish victory<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BTG0EAAAQBAJ&dq=Erzurum+1918+kazim&pg=PT200|title=Mustafa Kemal invente la Turquie moderne (1919-1924)|last=Dumont|first=Paul|date=2023-03-30|publisher=L'Archipel|isbn=979-10-392-0348-7|language=fr}}</ref> | partof = Caucasus Campaign | date = 12 March 1918 (1 day) | combatant1 = {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Ottoman empire]]<br> * {{flagicon|Kurdistan}} Kurdish tribes | combatant2 = {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Armenian National Council (1917–18)|Armenian National Council]] | commander1 = {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Enver Pasha]]<br> {{flagicon|Turkey}} Kâzım Karabekir {{flagicon|Kurdistan}} Simko Shikak | commander2 = {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Andranik Ozanian]]<br> {{flagicon|Armenia}} Sebastatsi Murad | strength1 = Unknown | strength2 = {{flagicon|Armenia}} 4,000 soldiers and 400 horseman }} == Siege == On March 12, Kazim Karabekir who was in charge of the eastern front appeared in front of Erzurum with his army and began the siege, due to lack of food and Andranik could not exploit these guerrilla capabilities the Armenians were forced to retreat. withdraw from Erzurum, this is how the Turks re-occupied Erzurum after 2 years of Russian occupation.<ref>Minassian 2006, p.60-61</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EK1EBAAAQBAJ&dq=Erzurum+1918+capture&pg=PA451|title=Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume I|last=Sinclair|first=T. A.|date=1989-12-31|publisher=Pindar Press|isbn=978-0-907132-32-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rY4BOtsLDWAC&dq=Erzurum+1918+capture&pg=PA199|title=Shattering Empires: The Clash and Collapse of the Ottoman and Russian Empires 1908–1918|last=Reynolds|first=Michael A.|date=2011-01-27|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978