The Battle of Pirot were engagements between the Bulgarian and Serbian armies in the surroundings of Pirot near the Serbian–Bulgarian border between 6 and 8 July 1913.[1]
Battle of Pirot | |||||||
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Part of the Second Balkan War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of Bulgaria | Kingdom of Serbia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
unknown | Stepa Stepanović | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
On the front between the Bulgarian 3rd Army (Slivnica-Trn-Caribrod) and Serbian 2nd Army (Sofia-Pirot-Niš), the main fighting took place outside Pirot on 6 and 7 July.[2] A commander of the Serbian 2nd Army, general Stepa Stepanović suggested on 8 July that Pirot was to be evacuated.[3] However, when the Romanian advance threatened the Bulgarian 1st Army on the evening the same day, the Bulgarian command ordered for withdrawal.[3] Due to the Serbian victory at Bregalnica, the Bulgarians were forced to give up aspirations in southeastern Serbia.[4]
References
Further reading
- Lazarević, Milutin D. (1955). Drugi Balkanski rat [Second Balkan War]. Vojno delo.
- Skoko, Savo (1975). Drugi balkanski rat 1913: Tok i završetak rata. Vojnoistorijski institut.
- Vidanović, Predrag M. (2015). "Други Балкански рат". Пиротски крај у европском вртлогу 1912-1918 (PDF). Pirot: Udruženje istoričara Pirot. pp. 37–54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
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