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Battle of Adrianople

Battle of Adrianople was a battle fought on 3 November 1912 at Edirne, in what is now Turkey; it lasted 5 months. It was part of First Balkan War, which ran from 1912 to 1913. The recorded result: Bulgarian-Serbian victory.

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Siege of Adrianople (1912-13).
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Fought3 November 1912lasted 5 months
WhereEdirne, Turkey41.674N, 26.561E
OutcomeBulgarian-Serbian victory
BelligerentsTsardom of Bulgaria (1908-1946); Kingdom of SerbiaagainstOttoman Empire
Part ofFirst Balkan War1912 to 1913

Where it sits in First Balkan War

Battle of Pesta, 1912Capture of Lemnos, 1912Battle of Sarantaporo, 1912Battle of Kardzhali, 1912Battle of Kumanovo, 1912Battle of Pente Pigadia, 1912Battle of Kirk Kilisse, 1912Siege of Scutari, 1912Battle of Lule Burgas, 1912Battle of Yenidje, 1912Battle of Sorovich, 1912Battle of Adrianople, 1912Battle of Prilep, 1912Battle of Monastir, 1912First Battle of Çatalca, 1912Battle of Kaliakra, 1912Battle of Lesbos, 1912Battle of Chios, 1912Siege of Ioannina, 1912Battle of Merhamli, 1912Battle of Lumë, 1912Battle of Elli, 1912Capture of Korytsa, 1912Battle of Bizani, 1913Battle of Lemnos, 1913Battle of Çatalca, 1913Battle of Bulair, 1913Battle of Şarköy, 1913Second Battle of Çatalca, 191319121913Battle of Adrianople, 1912
30 placed engagements of First Balkan War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date3 November 1912
to 26 March 1913
PlaceEdirne, Turkey
41.674N, 26.561E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength106,425 Bulgarians (424 guns); 47,275 Serbs (62 field guns, 34 howitzers)60,000–75,000 (Bulgarian claims); 52,597 (340 guns)
Casualties and lossesKingdom of Bulgaria: 7,953 casualties; 1,298 killed; 6,655 wounded; (Bulgarian claim); 16,577 casualties; 2,364 killed; 13,386 wounded; 827 missing; (Turkish claim); Kingdom of Serbia: 2,370 casualties; 453 killed; 1,917 woundedBulgarian claims; 72,000 casualties; 7,000 killed and wounded; 65,000 soldiers, 15 generals, 2,000 officers; 600 artillery guns; 16 flags captured; Turkish claim; 55,500 casualties; 13,000 killed and wounded; 42,500 captured
Commanders
  • Kölemen Abdullah Pasha
  • Mehmed Şükrü Pasha
Battle of AdrianopleBattle of AdrianopleSiege of Adrianople (813)Second Battle of AdrianopleBattle of AdrianopleBattle of AdrianópolisBattle of VersinikiaBattle of AdrianopleBurgasStara ZagoraTekirdağKhaskovoXanthiPlovdivSlivenLüleburgaz100 km41.674N, 26.561E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 10 times between AD 324 and 1913.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1912

Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: BUL 2ND ARMY(+)Defender: TK ADRIANOPLE GARRISON
Strength152,00075,000
Casualties9,300 (6.1%)15,000 (20.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1084
Outcomeattacker won
Duration2 days
Front width80 km32 km
Attacker advanced9.9 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 252), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Adrianople is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 622 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2887868, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Adrianople (1912–1913), revision 1384099660, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.