✦ History

Part of Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

Battle of Lovcha

September 1–3, 1877 · Battle of Lovcha

Result Russian victory

Imeretinsky and Skobelev took Lovech, cutting the road south from Plevna.

On the map Contemporaries

Ottoman Empire

Russia and allies

Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire
Osman Nuri Pasha military commander Halil Rifat Pasha military commander
Mikhail Skobelev military commander Alexander Imeretinsky military commander Vladimir Dobrovolsky military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
8,000c. 8,000
Casualties
2,200c. 3,000
Captured
2,000c. 600
Guns
c. 6
Strength
22,703c. 24,000
Casualties
c. 1,600
Killed
371
Wounded
1,145
Guns
c. 92

Units

Skobelev's detachment (1877–1878)