2nd Artillery Regiment

History
Raised as artillery regiment with Decree N° 75/19 June 1880 Raised with Decree N° 250/25 July 1883 from 1^st division and 4^th battery of the artillery regiment, the 8cm long range battery, and a new battery Attached to the Artillery Brigade in Sofia with Decree N° 176/1886
Feast day
30 October
Garrison
1883 : Shumen 1889 : Vratza 1^st Military Inspectorate, 6^th Bdinska Division
Commanders
19.06.1880 30.11.1881 19.06.1882 11.12.1884 10.09.1885 20.11.1885 05.03.1886 03.11.1886 06.03.1887 09.11.1887 24.04.1889 19.03.1890 24.02.1899 20.06.1903 1906 ? 19.06.1908 1912 1913 09.1915	maj. Nikolay Andreevich Leonov [from Russian Army] maj. Konstantin Fedorovich Tomilin [from Russian Army] maj. Leonid Osipovich Musnitzkiy [from Russian Army] maj. Sergey Nicolaevich Lyapunov [from Russian Army] maj. Petar Gruev cpt. Petar Tantilov cpt. Iliya Kozarov cpt. Nikola Ryaskov cpt. Fedor Uvaliev cpt. Panteley Tzenov [from 1.01.1888 major] maj. Dimitar Boyarov maj. Hristo Kirkov [from 1.01.1893 lieutenant colonel; from 1.01.1898 colonel] lt. col. Ivan Shishkov [from 1.01.1900 colonel] col. Vasil Sabov col. Hristo Kushev col. Nyagul Tzvetkov col. Kalin Naydenov col. Dimitar Ruschev col. Hristo Valchev lt. col. Trifon Peev [from 01.01.1916 colonel]
Effectives
1 October 1885		17 officers, 1360 NCOs and men, 18 Krupp 87mm, 24 bronze 9 pdr guns
September 1912		32 officers, 2 clerks, 1650 NCOs and men, 284 riding and 1166 draught horses, 108 wagons, 86 carts, 36 Schneider 75mm QF guns
October 1915		22 officers, 1 clerks, 1217 NCOs and men, 1026 horses, 134 common carts, 3 special carts, 77 pack transports, 21 Schneider 75mm QF guns
Battle Honours
I. War against Serbia 1885 10 November 1885 : fought at Dragoman 11 – 12 November 1885 : fought at Tzaribrod 14 – 15 November 1885 : fought at Pirot
II. War against Turkey 1912-1913 Attached to 6^th Bdinska Division 9 – 10 October 1912 : fought at Lozengrad 11 – 12 October 1912 : fought at Kavakli 16 – 18 October 1912 : fought at Lule Burgas – Turkbey 4 – 7 November 1912 : fought at Chadaldja line 11 – 16 March 1912 : fought at Kadiköy, Indzhesköy, Kumburgas, Jalos, Kladina (southern sector of the Chadaldzha line)
III. Interallied War 1913 24 – 25 June 1913 : fought near the Koslu Dere river 3 – 18 July 1913 : fought at Berovo, Pehchevo, Stoimirovo, Beyas-Tepe and Leshko.
IV. First World War Attached to 6^th Bdinska Division 1 – 13 October 1915 : fought at Vrashka Chuka 17 – 20 October 1915 : fought at Planinitza 27 – 29 October 1915 : fought at Aleksinac 5 – 7 September 1916 : fought north of Dobrich 13 – 14 September 1916 : fought at Dorbali and Karali 16 – 19 September 1916 : fought at Kobadin 20 September – 12 October 1916 : fought along the line Karabaka – Beshaul 19 – 24 October 1916 : fought at Tarla Bair, Karatay, Kostel, Dreniköy 23 November – 14 December 1916 : took part in the defence of the line Berish – Tenesi, Hill 177 15 December 1916 – January 1917 : fought at Tehsohv, Armutay, Bashaköy, Reshel, Yiyila 1918 : assigned to the 6^th Bdinska Division, took part in the battles on the Southern Front