Battle of Şarköy

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Battle of Şarköy
Part of First Balkan War
Date 26 January - 28 January 1913 Location Şarköy, Turkey Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria	Ottoman Empire
Commanders
Gen. Stiliyan Kovachev	Enver bey
Strength
Unknown	15,000
Casualties and losses
Light	1,000 killed and wounded, 450 captured, 2 ships sunk

v • d • e First Balkan War Sarantaporo - Giannitsa - Kumanovo - Kirk Kilisse - Pente Pigadia - Prilep - Lule-Burgas - Vevi - Bitola - Kaliakra - Elli - Bulair - Şarköy - Adrianople - Lemnos - Bizani - Siege of Shkoder

The battle of Şarköy (Bulgarian: Битка при Шаркьой) took place between 26 and 28 January 1913 during the First Balkan War between Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman attempts for counter-attacke were crushed by the Bulgarians at Bulair and Şarköy.

[edit] References

• The battles of Bulair and Şarköy (in Bulgarian)