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The Battle of Adrianople, Siege of Adrianople, Bulgarian "Battle of Odrin" or Serbian Battle of Jedrene during the First Balkan War began in mid-November, 1912 and ended with the capture of Adrianople by the Bulgarian 2nd Army under the command of General Vazov (brother of the famous Bulgarian writer Ivan Vazov) on March 26, 1913. Combatants Ottoman Empire Balkan League (Serbia), (Montenegro), (Greece), (Bulgaria) Commanders Nazim Pasha, Zekki Pasha, Esat Pasha, Abdulach Pasha Constantine I of Greece, Vladimir Vazov, Petar Bojovic, Radomir Putnik, Pavlos Kountouriotis Strength 350,000 men Greece 115,000 men, Bulgaria 300,000 men, Serbia 220,000 men, Montenegro 35,000 men...
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Epic battle of the First Balkan War of 1912 during which the Serbian forces of Field Marchal Radomir Putnik crushed the Ottoman army of General Zekki north of Uskub, known today as Skopje, the modern capital of Macedonia. ...
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The Greek army destroys an Ottoman army in a 7 day battle from 24th to 30th October 1912 during the Balkan Wars. ...
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The Battle of Elli was a naval battle that took place between the Ottoman Empire and Greece during the Balkan Wars. ...
The Battle of Lemnos (January 5-18, 1913) was a naval battle during the First Balkan War. ...
This was the last piece of action the Greek army show in the Balkan Wars and it was the last Ottoman ever to enter Macedonia and Epirus. ...
Combatants Ottoman Empire Balkan League (Serbia), (Montenegro), (Greece), (Bulgaria) Commanders Nazim Pasha, Zekki Pasha, Esat Pasha, Abdulach Pasha Constantine I of Greece, Vladimir Vazov, Petar Bojovic, Radomir Putnik, Pavlos Kountouriotis Strength 350,000 men Greece 115,000 men, Bulgaria 300,000 men, Serbia 220,000 men, Montenegro 35,000 men...
1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Edirne is a city in (Thrace), the westernmost part of Turkey, close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria. ...
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March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ...
1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
During the siege one of the first cases in military history of using an air-plane for bombing (with hand grenades) took place. The basic effect was to cause panic among Turkish soldiers. The battle itself (not the siege) consisted in three night attacks. During the first two nights the first and the second belts of external fortifications were captured, and during the third night the fortress itself. Preparations for the battle included covering with tissue of all "shining" parts of the soldiers' uniforms (such as buttons etc.) and of the horses' hooves (to diminish the noise). The several armies that took part in the siege were put under joint command thus creating a prototype of a front. Some light artillery pieces towed by horses followed the advancing units thus playing the role of infantry support guns. Tentatives were maid to perturb the radio communications of the besieged.
Serbian units involved were the 2nd army under command of general (later vojvoda, equivalent to Field Marshal) Stepa Stepanović (two divisions and some support units) and heavy artillery (38 siege cannons and howitzers of 120 and 150mm purchased from French Schneider-Canet factory in 1908) dispatched because the Bulgarians lacked heavy artillery (though they were well supplied with Krupp-designed 75mm field artillery). For the heavy metal music band see Voivod (band). ...
Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ...
Stepa Stepanović (Степа Степановић; March 2, 1856 - April 29, 1929) was a field-marshal (vojvoda) of the Serbian Army who distinguished himself in Serbias wars from 1876 to 1918. ...
The Krupp family, a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their steel production and for their manufacture of ammunition and armaments. ...
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Zang Tumb Tumb is a sound poem written in 1914 by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, an Italian Futurist. ...
External links - "Splendid Fellows, Splendidly Led" by David Johnson, for Military History magazine
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