Battle of Bregalnica explained

Conflict:Battle of Bregalnica
Partof:the Second Balkan War
Date:30 June – 8 July 1913[1]
Place:Bregalnica, Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia)
Result:Serbian victory
Combatant2:
Commander1: Gen. Mihail Savov
Gen. Stiliyan Kovachev
Gen. Radko Dimitriev
Commander2: Field Marshal Radomir Putnik
Gen. Petar Bojović
Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević
Gen. Živojin Mišić
Serdar Janko Vukotić
Krsto Popović
Strength1: 4th Bulgarian Army - 116,000 men with 210 guns 5th Bulgarian Army - 68,000 men with 118 gunsTotal: 184,000 people (100 Infantry Battalions, 6 Cavalry Regiments, 63 Artillery Batteries)
Strength2: 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 BrigadeTotal; 191,000 people (104 Infantry Battalions, 34 Cavalry Companies, 62 Artillery Batteries)
Casualties1:Over 20,000 killed or wounded[2]
Casualties2:Total 16,620; of whom 3,000 killed

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]

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  1. Book: Tucker . Spencer C. . World War I: A Country-by-Country Guide [2 volumes] ]. 542 . 2019 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-44086-369-1 .
  2. Book: Hall, Richard . The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War. Routledge. 2000 . 0-415-22946-4 . 112 .
  3. Book: Black . Jeremy . Maps of War: Mapping Conflict Through the Centuries . 2016 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-84486-463-8 . 155 .
  4. Book: Djukanović . Boja . Historical Dictionary of Montenegro . 2023 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-53813-915-8 . 52 .