Battle of Ayrum

Battle of Ayrum
	Part of Armeno-Georgian War
Date	16 December 1918
Location	Ayrum, Armenia
Result	Armenian Victory
Belligerents
First Republic of Armenia	Democratic Republic of Georgia
Commanders and leaders
Drastamat Kanayan	Varden Tsulukidze
Strength
14 Infantry Companies[1]	500[1]
Casualties and losses
None[1]	300[1] 200 Prisoners[1]

The Battle of Ayrum was a military battle fought between the First Republic of Armenia and the Democratic Republic of Georgia on 16 December 1918, it began following an Armenian breakthrough into Lori.

Battle

Due to the Georgian People's Guard's poor resistance, they had greatly endangered the position of Georgian troops in Ayrum. General Drastamat Kanayan acknowledged this, and on 16 December began a surprise attack on the town during the night, the Armenians were able to catch the Georgians off guard whilst most of their troops were sleeping which allowed them to storm into the town from numerous positions. The Armenians used grenades to blow up the bridges which prevented the Georgians from escaping as this resulted in an devastation of the entire Georgian garrison in Ayrum, as five hundred Georgians which was their entire Ayrum garrison was either killed or taken prisoner.[2][3][4]

References

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. pp. 111–113. ISBN 978-0520019843.
Abrahamyan, V. M. (2013). "1918-1921 ԹԹ. ՀԱՅ-ՎՐԱՑԱԿԱՆ ՎԻՃԵԼԻ ՏԱՐԱԾՔՆԵՐԻ ՀԱՐՑԻ ՇՈՒՐՋ" (PDF).
Chachkhyan, Archil (2022). სომხეთ-საქართველოს ომი, ნაწილი I: სომხური საკითხის ფორმულირებიდან მოწინააღმდეგე მხარეების სტრატეგიებამდე (PDF). p. 341. ISBN 978-9941-8-4462-1.

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[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. pp. 111–113. ISBN 978-0520019843.

[3] Abrahamyan, V. M. (2013). "1918-1921 ԹԹ. ՀԱՅ-ՎՐԱՑԱԿԱՆ ՎԻՃԵԼԻ ՏԱՐԱԾՔՆԵՐԻ ՀԱՐՑԻ ՇՈՒՐՋ" (PDF).

[4] Chachkhyan, Archil (2022). სომხეთ-საქართველოს ომი, ნაწილი I: სომხური საკითხის ფორმულირებიდან მოწინააღმდეგე მხარეების სტრატეგიებამდე (PDF). p. 341. ISBN 978-9941-8-4462-1.