battle, notable, nineteenth century

Battle of Bregalnica

Name: Battle of Bregalnica
Location: Bregalnica, North Macedonia

Battle of Bregalnica was a battle fought in 1913 at Bregalnica, in what is now North Macedonia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Bregalnica. It was part of Second Balkan War. The recorded result: Serbian/Montenegrin victory.

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Fought1913

WhereBregalnica, North Macedonia41.606N, 21.920E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSerbian/Montenegrin victory

BelligerentsKingdom of Serbia; Kingdom of MontenegroagainstKingdom of Bulgaria

Casualties and lossesTotal 16,620; of whom 3,000 killedandOver 20,000 killed or wounded

Part ofSecond Balkan War1913

Where it sits in Second Balkan War

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Record

Date	1913 (year precision)
Place	Bregalnica, North Macedonia 41.606N, 21.920E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	1st Serbian Army - 105,000 men with 145 guns; 3rd Serbian Army - 70,000 men with 97 guns; Montenegrin Division - 10,000 men and 6,000 volunteers from the Volunteer Brigade; Total; 191,000 people (104 Infantry Battalions, 34 Cavalry Companies, 62 Artillery Batteries)	4th Bulgarian Army - 116,000 men with 210 guns; 5th Bulgarian Army - 68,000 men with 118 guns; Total: 184,000 people (100 Infantry Battalions, 6 Cavalry Regiments, 63 Artillery Batteries)
Casualties and losses	Total 16,620; of whom 3,000 killed	Over 20,000 killed or wounded
Commanders	Radomir Putnik Petar Bojović Alexander I of Yugoslavia Živojin Mišić Janko Vukotić Krsto Popović	Mihail Savov Stiliyan Kovachev Radko Dimitriev

Placed at Bregalnica; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Drenovo 1907, 18 km W
Battle of Krivolak 1915, 19 km SE
Battle of Prilep 1912, 42 km SW
Battle of Skopje 1004, 60 km NW
Battle of Kumanovo 1912, 61 km N

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1913

Battle of Bregalnica is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 37 in present-day North Macedonia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2888211, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Bregalnica, revision 1378652889, 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.