At the headquarters of the Allied Command in Constantinople, the capture of the Bosphorus Strait should have been a cause for celebration after such a great victory; however, the reality was quite the contrary.
After seeing the casualty statistics, no one felt like celebrating.
Because the Russian Army consumed a lot of time in the Ava landing battle, they gave the enemy ample time to react, and the Ottoman Empire had gathered heavy forces for defense.
The consequence of the head-on clashes was heavy casualties. Despite winning the battle with a superior equipment advantage, the Russian Army also paid a significant price.
The staggering number of 30,000 casualties was enough to illustrate the war's brutality. And if we include the casualties from the Ava landing battle and other areas of combat, the Russian Army's casualties since the start of the war have already surpassed the 40,000 mark, with close to 10,000 killed in action.
