The Battle of Pirot were engagements between the Bulgarian and Serbian armies in the surroundings of Pirot near the Serbian–Bulgarian border between 6 and 8 July 1913.[1]
On the front between the Bulgarian 3rd Army (Slivnica-Trn-Caribrod) and Serbian 2nd Army (Sofia-Pirot-Niš), the main fighting took place outside Pirot on 6 and 7 July.[2] A commander of the Serbian 2nd Army, general Stepa Stepanović suggested on 8 July that Pirot was to be evacuated.[3] However, when the Romanian advance threatened the Bulgarian 1st Army on the evening the same day, the Bulgarian command ordered for withdrawal.[3] Due to the Serbian victory at Bregalnica, the Bulgarians were forced to give up aspirations in southeastern Serbia.[4]
References
- ^ Hall, Richard C. (2000). The Balkan Wars, 1912–1913: Prelude to the First World War (1st ed.). Routledge. pp. 109–110. ISBN 0-415-22946-4.
- ^ Arhivski pregled. Društva arhivskih radnika i Zajednice arhiva SR Srbije. 1992. p. 88.
- ^ a b Vojska. Vol. 2. Vojnoizdavački i novinski centar. 1993.
- ^ Aleksandar D. Obradović (1977). Istorija ratova Kraljevine Srbije (1912-1918). Izd. Srpskog kulturnog kluba "Sv. Sava.". p. 76.
Further reading
- Lazarević, Milutin D. (1955). Drugi Balkanski rat [Second Balkan War]. Vojno delo.
- Skoko, Savo (1975). Drugi balkanski rat 1913: Tok i završetak rata. Vojnoistorijski institut.
- Vidanović, Predrag M. (2015). "Други Балкански рат". Пиротски крај у европском вртлогу 1912-1918 (PDF). Pirot: Udruženje istoričara Pirot. pp. 37–54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.