war, 26 engagements

Battles of First Balkan War

The atlas places 26 engagements of First Balkan War (1912 to 1913): 23 battles, 2 sieges and 1 naval action across 5 present-day countries, most in Greece (10), Turkey (7), Albania (4). The most widely documented: Battle of Kumanovo.

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26 placed engagements. Present-day coastlines; larger marks are landmark engagements.

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	Result
October 1912	Capture of Lemnos	Lemnos, Greece
10 October 1912	Battle of Sarantaporo	Sarantaporo, Greece
21 October 1912	Battle of Kardzhali	Kardzhali, Bulgaria	Bulgarian victory
23 October 1912	Battle of Kumanovo	Kumanovo, North Macedonia	Serbian victory
23 October 1912	Battle of Pente Pigadia	Ioannina vilayet, Greece	Greek victory
24 October 1912	Battle of Kirk Kilisse	Turkey	Bulgarian victory
28 October 1912	Siege of Scutari	Shkodër, Albania
28 October 1912	Battle of Lule Burgas	Turkey	Bulgarian victory
2 November 1912	Battle of Yenidje	Giannitsa, Greece	Greek victory; Greek army captures Yenidje and Thessaloniki
2 November 1912	Battle of Sorovich	Greece	Ottoman victory
3 November 1912	Battle of Adrianople	Edirne, Turkey	Bulgarian-Serbian victory
3 November 1912	Battle of Prilep	Prilep, North Macedonia	Serbian victory
16 November 1912	Battle of Monastir	Monastir vilayet, North Macedonia	Serbian victory
17 November 1912	First Battle of Çatalca	Çatalca, Turkey	Ottoman victory
21 November 1912	Battle of Kaliakra	Kaliakra, Bulgaria	Bulgarian victory
21 November 1912	Battle of Lesbos	Lesbos, Greece	Greek victory
24 November 1912	Battle of Chios	Chios, Greece
25 November 1912	Siege of Ioannina	Ioannina, Greece	Greek victory
27 November 1912	Battle of Merhamli	Greece	Bulgarian victory
6 December 1912	Battle of Lumë	Albania	Serbian military victory
16 December 1912	Battle of Elli	Turkey	Greek victory
20 December 1912	Capture of Korytsa	Korçë, Albania	Greek victory
1913	Battle of Bizani	Bizani municipality, Greece	Greek victory; Capture of Ioannina; End of First Balkan War
26 January 1913	Battle of Bulair	Bolayır, Turkey	Bulgarian victory
3 April 1913	Second Battle of Çatalca	Çatalca, Turkey	Small territorial gains for the Bulgarians
date unknown	Battle in Grykë e Vogël	Albania

Engagements are the Wikidata records placed within First Balkan War (or a campaign of it) that carry coordinates; actions without coordinates are not shown.