Battle of Bregalnica

The Battle of Bregalnica was fought between the Kingdom of Bulgaria army and the Kingdom of Serbia during the Second Balkan War. It was the largest battle of the war.

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 – 9 July 1913
Location
Bregalnica, Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia)
Result Serbian victory
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
Strength

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)

1st Serbian Army - 105,000 men with 145 guns

3rd Serbian Army - 70,000 men with 97 guns

Montenegrin Division - 10,000 men and 6000 volunteers from the Volunteer Brigade

Total; 191,000 people (104 Infantry Battalions, 34 Cavalry Companies, 62 Artillery Batteries)
Casualties and losses
Over 20,000 killed or wounded[1] Total 16,620; of whom 3,000 killed[1]
  • Telegram from Pašić to London, about the success of Timok Division suppressing Bulgarian troops in Krivolak. (June 24, 1913)

References
  1. Hall, Richard (2000). The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War. Routledge. p. 112. ISBN 0-415-22946-4.

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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