Battle of Kardzhali

Battle of Kircaali[1]
Battle of Kardzhali
Part of the First Balkan War

The Bulgarians capture Kardzhali
Date21 October 1912[a]
Location41°39′N 25°22′E / 41.650°N 25.367°E / 41.650; 25.367
Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria Bulgaria  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Bulgaria Vasil Delov
Bulgaria Garegin Nzhdeh
Ottoman Empire Mehmed Yaver Pasha
Strength
8,700
42 guns
c. 9,000
8 guns
Casualties and losses
9 killed
45 wounded[2]
200 killed and wounded
19 captured[2]

The Battle of Kircaali[1] or Battle of Kardzhali[citation needed] was part of the First Balkan War between the armies of Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. It took place on 21 October 1912, when the Bulgarian Haskovo Detachment defeated the Ottoman Kırcaali Detachment of Yaver Pasha and permanently joined Kardzhali and the Eastern Rhodopes to Bulgaria. The anniversary of that event is celebrated annually on 21 October as a holiday of the city.[3]

  1. ^ a b Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 149.
  2. ^ a b Войната между България и Турция, Т. V, стр. 163–164
  3. ^ Day of Kardzhali – 21 October (retrieved on 5.01.2010)