Early victories against the Ottoman Empire from the winter of 1914 to the spring of 1915 saw significant gains of territory, including relieving the Armenian bastion resisting in the city of Van in May 1915.
As prontas vitorias contra o Imperio Otomán a partir do inverno de 1914 até a primavera de 1915 significaron aumentos cuantitativos do territorio, incluíndo o relevante bastión armenio que resistía na cidade de Van en maio de 1915.