Battle of Bregalnica
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| Battle of Bregalnica | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Balkan War | |||||||
 Sketch plan of the battle. Left: front on 30 June and Serbian attacks on 1 and 2 July. Right: Attacks of the Serbian 1st Army on 3 and 4 July and of the Serbian 3rd Army on 6–8 July. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Bulgaria |  Serbia Montenegro | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Gen. Mihail Savov Gen. Stiliyan Kovachev Gen. Radko Dimitriev | Field Marshal Radomir Putnik Gen. Petar Bojović Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević Gen. Živojin Mišić Serdar Janko Vukotić Krsto Popović | ||||||
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Over 20,000 killed or wounded[2] | Total 16,620; of whom 3,000 killed[2] | ||||||
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Second Balkan War
- Kilkis–Lachanas
- Doiran
- Bregalnica
- Knjaževac
- Pirot
- Dobruja
- Vidin
- Danube
- Kalimanci
- Adrianople
- Kresna Gorge
The Battle of Bregalnica was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Serbia during the Second Balkan War from 30 June to 8 July.[3] It was the largest battle of the war.[4]
Gallery
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Telegram from Pašić to London, about the success of Timok Division suppressing Bulgarian troops in Krivolak. (June 24, 1913)
References
- ^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2019). World War I: A Country-by-Country Guide [2 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 542. ISBN 978-1-44086-369-1.
- ^ a b Hall, Richard (2000). The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War. Routledge. p. 112. ISBN 0-415-22946-4.
- ^ Black, Jeremy (2016). Maps of War: Mapping Conflict Through the Centuries. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-84486-463-8.
- ^ Djukanović, Boja (2023). Historical Dictionary of Montenegro. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-53813-915-8.
Sources
- Savo Skoko Vojvoda Radomir Putnik Vol.1; Beogradsko Grafičko-Izdavčki Zavod, 1984.
- Hall, Richard C. (2000). The Balkan Wars, 1912–1913: Prelude to the First World War. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-22946-4.
Notes
- The numbers of the strength of Serbian Army do not indicate the exact strength of the forces deployed during the Battle of Bregalnica but rather the entire strength of the Serbian Army in Macedonia (the Operational group South, which included the combined 1st and 3rd Armies) at the beginning of hostilities.
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