Battle of Bregalnica

Battle of Bregalnica
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.
Date30 June – 8 July 1913[1]
Location
Bregalnica, Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia)
Result Serbian/Montenegrin victory
Belligerents
Serbia
Montenegro		 Bulgaria
Commanders and leaders
Field Marshal Radomir Putnik
Gen. Petar Bojović
Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević
Gen. Živojin Mišić
Serdar Janko Vukotić
Krsto Popović		 Gen. Mihail Savov
Gen. Stiliyan Kovachev
Gen. Radko Dimitriev
Strength

1st Serbian Army - 105,000 men with 145 guns
3rd Serbian Army - 70,000 men with 97 guns
Montenegrin Division - 10,000 men and 6,000 volunteers from the Volunteer Brigade

Total; 191,000 people (104 Infantry Battalions, 34 Cavalry Companies, 62 Artillery Batteries)

4th Bulgarian Army - 116,000 men with 210 guns
5th Bulgarian Army - 68,000 men with 118 guns

Total: 184,000 people (100 Infantry Battalions, 6 Cavalry Regiments, 63 Artillery Batteries)
Casualties and losses
Total 16,620; of whom 3,000 killed[2] Over 20,000 killed or wounded[2]

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]

  • Telegram from Pašić to London, about the success of Timok Division suppressing Bulgarian troops in Krivolak. (June 24, 1913)

References

  1. ^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2019). World War I: A Country-by-Country Guide [2 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 542. ISBN 978-1-44086-369-1.
  2. ^ a b Hall, Richard (2000). The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War. Routledge. p. 112. ISBN 0-415-22946-4.
  3. ^ Black, Jeremy (2016). Maps of War: Mapping Conflict Through the Centuries. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-84486-463-8.
  4. ^ 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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