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On August 23, 1921, during the Battle of the Sakarya, the opposing armies were deployed as follows:

Greek order of battle

In late July 1921, Greek Army of Asia Minor (Greek: Στρατιά Μικράς Ασίας), under Lt. Gen. Anastasios Papoulas (chief of staff Col. Konstantinos Pallis), comprised:

I Corps (Maj. Gen. Alexandros Kontoulis)
- 1st Infantry Division (Col. Athanasios Frangou)
- 2nd Infantry Division (Col. Georgios Valettas)
- 12th Infantry Division (Col. Periklis Kallidopoulos)
- Artillery Regiment
II Corps (Prince Andrew of Greece)
- 5th Infantry Division (Col. Ioannis Trilivas)
- 9th Infantry Division (Col. Kimon Digenis)
- 13th Infantry Division (Col. Andreas Kallinskis-Roïdis)
- Artillery Regiment
- Army Reserve Heavy Artillery Regiment
III Corps (Maj. Gen. Georgios Polymenakos)
- 3rd Infantry Division (Col. Georgios Nikolaidis)
- 7th Infantry Division (Col. Andreas Platis)
- 10th Infantry Division (Col. Petros Soumilas)
- Artillery Regiment
- 16th Infantry Regiment (detached from 11th Division)
- Cavalry Brigade (Col. Panagiotis Nikolaidis)
  - 1st Cavalry Regiment
  - 3rd Cavalry Regiment
Southern Group of Divisions (Maj. Gen. Nikolaos Trikoupis)
- 4th Infantry Division (Col. Dimitrios Dimaras)
- 11th Infantry Division (Col. Nikolaos Kladas)
  - 17th Infantry Regiment
  - 45th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
49th Infantry Regiment
18th Infantry Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment

Turkish order of Battle

Commander in chief: Mirliva Mustafa Kemal Pasha

Chief of the General Staff: Birinci Ferik Mustafa Fevzi Pasha

Minister of National Defence: Mirliva Refet Pasha

Western Front (Mirliva Ismet Pasha)
- Cavalry Brigade
  - 21st Cavalry Regiment
  - Adatepe Cavalry
  - Militia Infantry
- 2nd Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Edhem Servet Bey)
  - 2nd Cavalry Regiment
  - 4th Cavalry Regiment
  - 13th Cavalry Regiment
- 3rd Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Ibrahim Bey)
  - 27th Cavalry Regiment
  - 28th Cavalry Regiment
- Provisional Division (Kaymakam Ahmed Zeki Bey)
  - 35th Infantry Regiment
  - 52nd Infantry Regiment
  - 1st Militia Regiment
  - 2nd Militia Regiment
- 3rd Caucasian Division (Kaymakam "Dadayli" Halid Bey)
  - 7th Infantry Regiment
  - 8th Infantry Regiment
  - 11th Infantry Regiment
- 6th Division (Kaymakam Hussein Nazmi Bey)
  - 34th Infantry Regiment
  - 50th Infantry Regiment
  - 51st Infantry Regiment
  - 17th Stormtrooper Branch
  - 18th Stormtrooper Branch
  - 19th Stormtrooper Branch
  - 20th Stormtrooper Branch
- 57th Division (Kaymakam Hasan Mumtaz Bey)
  - 37th Infantry Regiment
  - 39th Infantry Regiment
  - 176th Infantry Regiment
- 29th Infantry Regiment
- 47th Infantry Regiment
- 48th Infantry Regiment
- 49th Infantry Regiment
- Artillery Regiment
- Pioneer Battalion
- Provisional Group (Miralay Kâzım "Köprülü" Bey)
  - 1st Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Osman Zati Bey)
    - 10 Cavalry Regiment
    - 11 Cavalry Regiment
    - 14 Cavalry Regiment
  - 1st Division (Kaymakam Abdul Rahman Nafiz Bey)
    - 3rd Infantry Regiment
    - 4th Infantry Regiment
    - 5th Infantry Regiment
  - 17th Division (Miralay Hussein Nureddin Bey)
    - 61st Infantry Regiment
    - 62nd Infantry Regiment
    - 63rd Infantry Regiment
  - 41st Division (Kaymakam Sherif Bey)
    - 12th Infantry Regiment
    - 16th Infantry Regiment
    - 19th Infantry Regiment
- XII Group (Miralay "Deli" Halid Bey)
  - 11th Division (Miralay Abdul Rezzak Bey^{[citation needed]})
    - 170th Infantry Regiment
    - 126th Infantry Regiment
    - 127th Infantry Regiment
- IV Group (Miralay Kemaleddin Sami Bey)
  - 5th Caucasian Division (Kaymakam Djemil Djahid Bey)
    - 9th Infantry Regiment
    - 10th Infantry Regiment
    - 13th Infantry Regiment
  - 61st Division (Miralay Mehmed Rushdi Bey)
    - 159th Infantry Regiment
    - 174th Infantry Regiment
    - 190th Infantry Regiment
- III Group (Mirliva Yusuf Izzet Pasha)
  - 7th Division (Kaymakam Ahmed Dervish Bey)
    - 2nd Infantry Regiment
    - 23rd Infantry Regiment
    - 41st Infantry Regiment
  - 8th Division (Miralay Kiazim Bey)
    - 131st Infantry Regiment
    - 135th Infantry Regiment
    - 189th Infantry Regiment
  - 15th Division (Miralay Shukri Naili Bey)
    - 38th Infantry Regiment
    - 48th Infantry Regiment
    - 56th Infantry Regiment
- II Group (Miralay Selâhaddin Âdil Bey)
  - 4th Division (Miralay Mehmed Sabri Bey)
    - 40th Infantry Regiment
    - 42nd Infantry Regiment
    - 58th Infantry Regiment
  - 5th Division (Kaymakam Kenan Bey)
    - 14th Infantry Regiment
    - 15th Infantry Regiment
    - 24th Infantry Regiment
  - 9th Division (Miralay Sidqi Bey)
    - 25th Infantry Regiment
    - 26th Infantry Regiment
    - 27th Infantry Regiment
- I Group (Miralay Izzeddin Bey)
  - 23rd Division (Kaymakam Bıyıklıoğlu Omer Halis Bey)
    - 31st Infantry Regiment
    - 68th Infantry Regiment
    - 69th Infantry Regiment
  - 24th Division (Kaymakam Ahmed Fuad Bey)
    - 30th Infantry Regiment
    - 31st Infantry Regiment
    - 32nd Infantry Regiment
- V Group (Cavalry) (Miralay Fahreddin Bey)
  - 14th Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Mehmed Subhi Bey)
    - 3rd Cavalry Regiment
    - 54th Cavalry Regiment
    - 55th Cavalry Regiment
  - 4th Cavalry Division (Kaymakam Arif Bey)
    - 5th Cavalry Regiment
    - 20th Cavalry Regiment

Footnotes

Bibliography

Celal Erikan, Komutan Atatürk, Cilt I-II, Üçüncü Basım, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001, ISBN 975-458-288-2, pp. 520–522. (in Turkish)
Türk İstiklâl Harbi: Sakarya Meydan Muharebesi ve Sonraki Harekât, II nci cilt, 5 nci kısım, 2 nci kitap, Genelkurmay Baskanlığı Harbi Tarihi Dairesi Resmî Yayınları, 1973, pp. 516–517. (in Turkish)