3rd Artillery Regiment

Title
3^rd His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Boris Artillery Regiment (Decree N° 20/1894)
Feast day
4 July
History
Raised in December 1885 with Decree N° 61 with men taken from Eastern Rumelia half battery and 4 pdr battery of cpt. Kardzhiev Attached to the Artillery Brigade in Sofia with Decree N° 176/1886
Garrison
Plovdiv, 2^rd Military Inspectorate, 2^th Trakiyska Division
Commander
10.03.1886 27.10.1886 1892 1904 01.1910 03.1912 01.01.1915 09.1915	cpt. Petar Tantilov cpt. Boncho Balabanov [from 1.04 1887 major; from 2.08.1891 lieut. colonel] maj. Nikola Bakardzhiev [from 1895 lieut. Col; from 1899 colonel] col. Hirsto Kirkov lt. col. Konstantin Zhostov [from 4.09.1910 colonel] col. Stefan Bogdanov col. Ivan Markov lt. col. Petar Galunski lt. col. Georgi Bozhinov
Effectives
October 1912 :		30 officers, 2 clerks, 1731 NCOs and men, 250 riding, 1174 draught and 100 pack horses, 108 wagons, 57 carts, 36 Schneider 75mm QF guns
Battle Honours
I. War against Turkey 1912-1913 Attached to 2^nd Trakiyska Division : 1^st and 2^nd division to Haskovo Detachment, 3^rd division to Rodopi Detachment 5 – 8 October 1912 : fought at Pchelarovo, Aidorum, Kalaflar 16 – 28 October 1912 : fought in the region of Odrin and Mehonia, at Dervent, Dovlen, Prosechen and Drama 2 – 10 November 1912 : fought at Arnautköj with 10^th Mixed Infantry Division (southern sector of the Chataldzha line)
II. Interallied War 1913 19 – 22 June 1913 : fought south of Shtip 22 – 29 June 1913 : fought at Poveena and Kosenitza 14 – 17 July 1913 : fought at Beyas-Tepe, Zanoga, Leshko, Panoritza and Kavitza
III. First World War 1 October – 14 November 1915 : 2^nd division of the regiment was attached to 1^st Cavalry Brigade and 13^th and 26^th Infantry Regiments of the 7^th Rilska Infantry Division and took part in the invasion of southern Serbia 21 – 30 November 1915 : the rest of the regiment was attached to 2^nd Trakiyska Division and took part in the military operations against French and British Divisions landed at Salonika, fighting at Zleshevo, Ormanli and Golash First half of 1916 : took part in the defence of the line west of Doiran, repelling the British attack 16 – 30 August 1916 : attached to 21^st and 43^rd Infantry Regiments of the 2^nd Trakiyska Division, took part in the advance towards Seres, Drama and Kavala and in the occupation of the Eastern Macedonia second half of 1916 : part of the regiment fought with the 10^th Belomorska Infantry Division 1917 : deployed on the line Kala Tepe - Doiran lake, north and south-west of the village of Nikolich and north of the Doiran lake, took part in the defence of this position against enemy’s attacks and aircraft raids January – 14 September 1918 : stood in the same position 14 – 20 September 1918 : took part in the defence of the Doiran line against another British attack 21 September – 1 October 1918 : assigned to the 9^th Plevenska Division took part in the rearguard fighting at Kamila, at Kazal-duan, at the railway station of Dedeli, south of Kosturno Zleshevo, at Chepeli and Kuklesh, and at Ograjdan Dragoleva and Garvanova Planina