Battle of Lule-Burgas

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Battle of Lule-Burgas
Part of First Balkan War
Date 31 October to 3 November 1912
Location Lule Burgas, Turkey
Result Decisive Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Ottoman flag Ottoman Empire
Commanders
Flag of Bulgaria General Radko Dimitriev
Flag of Bulgaria General Ivan Fichev		 Ottoman flag Abdullah Pasha
Strength
108,000
116 heavy guns; 360 guns[1]		 130,000
300 guns[2]
Casualties and losses
2,536 killed,
17,000 wounded[3]		 40,000 killed and wounded,
2,800 captured[4]
50 guns captured[5]
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Battles

The Battle of Lule Burgas (Bulgarian: Битка при Люле-Бургас) was a battle between the Bulgarians and the Ottomans. The battle took place from the 31 October to 3 November 1912. The Bulgarian forces made the Ottomans retreat to Çatalca, 30 km from the Ottoman capital Constantinople.

1913-Luleburgaz: Pain of the soldiers

1913-Luleburgaz: Pain of the soldiers

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Фичев, И. Българското командъване през Балканската война 1912-1913, с.136
  2. ^ ЦВА, ф.40, оп. 2, а.е. 126, л. 34
  3. ^ Войната между България и Турция 1912-1913. 1, с.236
  4. ^ Димитриев, P., цит. съч., с. 293, 296—298; Държавен вестник, № 242. 25. Х. 1912.
  5. ^ ЦВА, ф.40, оп. 2, а.е. 126, 135
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