Battle of Knjaževac

Part of the Second Balkan War

Date	4–7 July 1913
Location	Knjaževac, Kingdom of Serbia
Result	Bulgarian victory

Belligerents

Kingdom of Bulgaria

Kingdom of Serbia

Commanders and leaders

Vasil Kutinchev

Vukoman Aračić

Strength

56,689 men, 108 guns^[1]

40,000 men, 68 guns^[2]

Casualties and losses

280 dead
820 wounded^[3]

unknown

Second Balkan War

Kilkis–Lachanas Doiran Bregalnica Knjaževac Kalimanci Kresna Gorge Vidin Pirot Adrianople

The Battle of Knjaževac was a battle of the Second Balkan War, fought between the Bulgarian and the Serbian army. The battle took in July 1913 and ended with the capture of the Serbian city by the Bulgarian 1st Army.^[3]

References

↑ Кратък обзор на бойния състав, организацията, попълването и мобилизацията на българската армия , pag. 92-93;Държавно военно издателство,София 1961
↑ The Serbian and Greek Armies at the beginning of the Interallied War
1 2 Hall, Richard (2000). The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War. Routledge. p. 116. ISBN 0-415-22946-4.

Sources

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

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