Battle of Kresna Gorge | |||||||
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Part of Second Balkan War | |||||||
A Greek lithograph depicting Major Velissariou leading the 1st Evzone Regiment during the battle by Sotiris Christidis | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Bulgaria | Greece | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gen. Mihail Savov Gen. Nikola Ivanov | King Constantine I | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
110 battalions[citation needed] | 80 battalions[citation needed] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | 10,000 killed, wounded, or captured[1] |
The Battle of Kresna Gorge was fought in 1913 between the Greeks and the Bulgarians during the Second Balkan War. The battle was fought over an eleven-day period, between 8–18 July, over a front of 20 km, in a maze of forests and mountains. The battle marked the last phase of Greek advances into Bulgarian territory before the ceasefire and the peace treaty.