4th Bulgarian Army at Bulair
front
4th Army Commander : MG. Stiliyan Kovachev (from
2nd Trakiyska Division) Chief of the
General Staff : Col. Bozhko Ikonomov (from 4th
Preslavska Division) Chief of the
Operations Department : Maj. Hristo
Lefterov Chief of the
Operations Section : Cpt. Kosta Dochev Chief of the Intelligence-Censorship Section
: Cpt. Filip Tzonev (from
3rd Army) Chief of the
Topographical Section : Nikola Donkov (from
2nd Army) Chief of the
Artillery : Col. Hristo Kushev (from
2nd Army) Chief of the
Engineers : Lt.Col. Ivan Vasilev Chief of the
Field Medical Unit : Med.Col. Yokim
Tranev (from 4th Preslavska Division) Chief of the
Command of the Rear : Col. Ivan Shishkov Intendant : Lt.Col. Ivan Valkov (from
2nd Trakiyska Division) |
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2nd Trakiyska Division |
Col. Dimitar Geshov 1st Inf. Brigade : Col. Vladimir Serafimov 9th
Plovdivski IR. (4), 21st Srednogorski IR. (4) 3rd Inf.
Brigade : Col. Georgi Mitov 27th
Chepinski IR.(3 ¾), 39th IR. (2 ½) 3rd Art. Rgt. (6 QF
Bts.) 2nd div. / 3rd
Mnt. Art. Rgt. (2 QF Bts.) 3rd div. / 3rd
Mnt. Art. Rgt. (2 QF Bts.) 2nd
Pioneers Battalion Attached : 1st
/ 19th and 2nd / 19th Repl. Cp. |
7th Rilska Division |
MG. Georgi Todorov 1st Inf. Brigade : Col. Todor Mitov 13th Rilski IR. (4), 22nd
Trakiyski IR. (4), 26th Pernishki IR. (4) 3rd Inf. Brigade : MG. Spas Georgiev 49th IR. (4), 50th
IR. (4) 7th
Art. Rgt. (9 QF Bts.) 9th
not QF Art. Rgt. (5 not QF Bts.) 2nd
Mnt. Art. Rgt. (5 QF Bts.) 7th
Pioneers Battalion Attached : 1st
/ 5th Cav. Sq. 23rd
Opalchenie Bn. At Rodosto Opalchenie Battalion
of the “Slivinitza” Volunteers Command |
Cavalry Division |
MG. Atanas Nazlamov 1st
Cav. Brigade : Col. Petar Salabashev 1st (4), 2nd
(4), 4th (2), 7th (3) Cav. Rgt. Mixed Cav. Brigade : Col.
Aleksandar Tanev 3rd (4), 6th (3)
Cav. Rgt.; 2 Turkish MGs. |
2nd / 2nd Inf. Brigade |
Col. Ivan Tzekov 28th
Stremski
IR.(4), 40th IR. (4) 2nd / 3rd
Art. div. (3 Bts.) 1st
section / 3rd 150mm How. Bty. / Shumenski fortress Bn. (2
howitzers) |
Macedono-Odrinsko Opalchenie |
MG. Nikola Genev 1st
Brigade : Lt.Col. Stefan Nikolov 1st Debarska,
2nd Skopska, 3rd Solunska, 4th Bitolska Bns. 2nd Brigade : Lt.Col. Anton
Pchelarov 5th Odrinska, 6th Ohriska, 7th
Kumanovska, 8th Kosturska Bns. 3rd Brigade : Lt.Col. Aleksandr Protogerov 9th
Veleshka, 10th Prilepska, 11th Serska, 12th
Lozengradska Bns. 2nd / 2nd
Mnt. Art. div. (4 QF Bts.), 4th / 2nd Mnt. Art. div. (3
not QF Bts.) Attached : half Sq. / 3rd Cav. Rgt. half Sq. / 6th Cav. Rgt. |
Army Troops |
9th Cav. Rgt. (3) : Col. Konstantin Mihaylov 4th Army Telegraph Half-company 4th Army Cyclist Unit (detached from 1st
Army Cyclist Half-company) 4th Searchlights unit (2 – 60cm searchlights) 3rd Aeroplane Unit : 1 plane, 2 pilots, 2
observers (at Balabanchik) |
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on 14 March 1913, after the capture of
Odrin, 2nd Army sent 2 – 150mm L/30 Krupp guns, 4 – 150mm L/12
Schneider howitzers, 4 – 120mm Schneider QF field howitzers |
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58 ¾ Battalions, 21 Squadrons, 39 Batteries 1187 officers, 134 clerks, 92 068 men, 25276 horses,
1362 oxen, 2844 wagons and carts, 797 packs 61 885 rifles and sabres, 62 MGs, 172 guns |
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Remarks: 2nd
/7th Infantry Brigade, 14th Makedonski IR. and 7th
not QF. Art. Rgt. were in 27th
Chepinski IR. : 1 Cpy.
was at Pavlovo 39th
IR. : 4th Bn., 1st and 6th
Cps. were in 5th
Cav. Rgt. : 2nd and 3rd Sqs. were in Seres |