Battle of Jilehoy

Battle of the Urup River

Part of Sheikh Mansur Movement and Russo-Circassian War

Date	21–22 September, 1787
Location	Urup River, Circassia
Result	Russian victory

Belligerents

Russian Empire

Sheikh Mansur Movement

Circassia
Kipchak Turks
Abazins

Commanders and leaders

Maxim Rebinder

General Palakin

General Radyev

Sheikh Mansur

Strength

18,000

10,000–11,000

Casualties and losses

Unknown

Heavy

Sheikh Mansur Movement
Russian conquest of Chechnya and Dagestan
Russo-Circassian War

1785
Aldy (July) Alkhan–Yurt (July) Karginsk (July) 1st Kizlyar (July) Grigoriopolis (July) 2nd Kizlyar (August) Malka River (October) Tatartup (November)
1786
Invasion of Kabardia (July)
1787
Kachkalikov (January) Russian punitive Campaign (January) Karabulak Campaign (June) 1st Anapa Campaign (September) 1st Urup River Kuban River
1788
Shchedrinskaya (January) 2nd Anapa Campaign (August–October) Ubin River 1st Anapa
1790
3rd Anapa Campaign (February–May) Shibza River 2nd Anapa Tokhtamysh River (September)
1791
3rd Anapa (June)

The Battle of the Urup River, also known as the Battle of Jilehoy was a confrontation between Russian troops led by General Maxim Rebinder and Circassian, Abazin and Kipchak Turkic fighters led by Sheikh Mansur. Although victorious at first, after the arrival of Russian reinforcements, Mansur and his fighters were forced to retreat.^[1]^[2]

Battle

The Russians decided to make a grand attack in 1787.^[1] This resulted in the Battle of Jilehoy. At first, the Russians were losing,^[1]^[2] but they won after additional forces arrived.^[1] After winning the battle, the Russian army raided the Abaza, Besleney, Chemguy and Hatuqway regions and burned near a hundred villages. In 1788, the Russians besieged the Bighurqal (Anapa) castle, but failed.