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On 17 September 1912, Italian and Turkish forces fought each other in the battle of Derna, in north Africa, in one of the bloodiest engagements in the Italo-Turkish war. One thousand Turkish soldiers were killed and another thousand injured, while Italian casualties numbered 61, and 131 injured.
The battle began one hundred and forty miles northeast of Benghazi, near Derna on the Mediterranean coast, when Turkish and Arab fighters attacked the Italian lines. The battle raged for four hours but the poorly armed Arab and Turkish fighters were no match for the superior artillery of the well-armed Italian force.
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