The Bulgarian Army at the beginning of
the Interallied War
General Headquarters of the
Field Army |
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Commander in Chief Deputy Commander in Chief
: Chief of the General
Staff : Chief of the Operations
Department : Chief of the Artillery : Chief of the Engineer
Corps : Chief of the High Command
of the Rear : |
Tsar Ferdinand Lt.Gen. Mihail Savov¹ (from 20 June 1913 : Lt.Gen.
Radko Dimitriev) MG. Ivan Fitchev (resigning) Col.
Stefan Nerezov (actually Chief of Staff) MG.
Panteley Tsenov MG.
Simeon Yankov MG.
Vicho Dikov (only till 28 June 1913) |
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1st Army Commander : Lt.Gen.
Vasil Kutinchev |
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5th
Dunavska Division |
MG.
Dimitar Kirkov 1st
Inf. Brigade : 2nd
Iskarski (3), 5th Dunavski (3) IR. 2nd
Inf. Brigade : 18th Etarski (4), 20th Dobrudzhanski (4) IR. 1st Art. Rgt. (6 QF Bts.), 4th div. / 1st
Art. Rgt. (2 not QF Bts.), 4th div. / 1st
Mnt. Art. Rgt. (3 not QF Bts.) 5th Pioneers
Battalion |
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9th
Plevenska Division |
MG.
Radoy Sirakov 1st
Inf. Brigade : 4th Plevenski (4), 17th Dorostolski
(4) IR. 2nd
Inf. Brigade : 33rd Svistorski (4), 34th
(4) Troyanski IR. 9th Art. Rgt. (6 QF Bts.), 2nd, 3rd
Bty. / 1st Mnt. Art. Rgt. (2 QF Bts.) 9th Pioneers
Battalion |
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Independent
Infantry Brigade |
Col.
Boyadzhiev 65th (4), 66th
(4) IR. 1st div. / 8th
not QF Art. Rgt. (3 not QF Bts.) |
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Army
Troops |
4th Sq. / 4th Cav. Rgt., Replacement Sq. / Life
Guard Rgt. |
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Attached
to the 1st Army |
Commander : GM. Krastio Marinov Chief of the
Staff : Cpt. Strezov 3rd,
5th, 8th, 15th,
20th Opalchenie Battalion I 3rd
Opalchenie Battalion II 3rd
replacement company 16th
Border Guards Company Staff of the
Vidinski Fortress Battalion : Lt.Col. Konstantin Kirkov 1st group : 3 – 9 pdr. Bts. (18 guns), 2 – 75mm not QF Bts.
(12 guns) 2nd group : 3 – 57mm turret Bts. (6 guns and 3 ten-barrells
MGs) Artillery reserve: 1 – 2 – 24 pdr Bts. (6 short guns) 1 – 9 pdr Bty. (6 guns) 3 – 57mm turret Bts. (6 guns) 4 – six-barrells MGs |
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44 ½ Battalions, 2 Squadrons, 22 Batteries, 16
Fortress Artillery Batteries |
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3rd Army Commander : MG. Racho Petrov |
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1st
Sofiyska Division |
Col.
Nikola Zheljanski 1st
Inf. Brigade : 1st Sofiyski (4), 6th
Tarnovski (4) IR. 2nd
Inf. Brigade : 37th (4), 38th (4) IR. 4th Art. Rgt.
(6 QF Bts.) 4th not QF Art. Rgt. (6 not QF Bts) 1st Pioneers
Battalion |
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13th
Infantry Division |
MG.
Hristo Lukov later in June MG.
Ivan Popov 62nd (4), 63rd
(4), 64th (4) IR. 13th Art. Rgt. (6 not QF Bts.) |
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3rd
Brigade of the 5th Division |
46th IR. (4) 1st div. / 1st Art. Rgt. (3 QF Bts.) |
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Cavalry
Division |
MG.
Atanas Nazlamov 1st
Cav. Brigade: Life Guards Rgt. (2), 1st (4) Cav.
Rgts. 2nd
Cav. Brigade : 2nd (4), 7th (3) Cav. Rgts. 5th Bt. / 5th
not QF FAR (1 QF ex Turkish Krupp Horse Art. Bts.) |
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Army
Troops |
3rd Cav. Rgt. (4) 1st not QF How. div. (3 Bts.) and 3rd not QF
How. div. (2 Bts.) 1st div. / Sofiyski fortress Bn. (2 – 150mm howitzers Bts.
with 8 pieces) 2nd div. / Sofiyski fortress Bn. (3 – 120mm L/28 guns Bts.
with 12 pieces) 3rd div. / Shumenski fortress Bn. (2 – 150mm howitzers Bts.
with 8 pieces and 1 – 105mm guns Bty. with 4 pieces) 57mm div. / Shumenski fortress Bn. (3 – 57mm guns with 6 pieces) 120mm L/25 guns Bt. / Sofiyski fortress Bn. with 6 pieces not QF art. division (4 – 87mm guns and 6 – 75mm guns) Searchlights unit with one 90cm searchlight |
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32 Battalions, 17 Squadrons, 27 Batteries, 11
Fortress Artillery Batteries |
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5th Army Commander : MG. Stefan Toshev Chief of the General
Staff : Col. Ivan Kolev |
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4th
Preslavska Division |
MG.
Kliment Boyadzhiev 1st
Inf. Brigade : 7th Preslavski (4), 19th
Shumenski (4) IR. 3rd
Inf. Brigade : 43rd (3), 44th (3) IR. 5th Art. Rgt.
(6 QF Bts.) 5th not QF Art. Rgt. (6 not QF Bts.) 4th Pioneers
Battalion |
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12th
Infantry Division |
MG.
Grigor Gryncharov 59th (4), 60th
(4), 61st (4) IR. 12th Art. Rgt. (3 QF Bts. and 3 not QF Bts.) |
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Odrinska
Brigade |
Col.
Zlatanov 71st (4), 72nd
(4) IR. 2nd div. / 10th
not QF FAR (3 not QF Bts.) |
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Army
Troops |
45th IR. (4) 6th Cav. Rgt. (3) with 1 half MG Cpy with 2 ex Turkish MGs 1st div. / 3rd Mnt. Art. Rgt. (3 QF Bts.), 2nd
div. / 1st Mnt. Art. Rgt. (2 QF Bts.), 4th div. / 3rd Mnt. Art.
Rgt. (3 not QF Bts.), 1st QF How. Div. (3) |
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38 Battalions, 3 Squadrons, 32 Batteries |
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4th Army Commander : MG. Stiliyan Kovachev (from 28 June 1913 : MG. Vičo Dikov) |
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2nd
Trakiyska Division |
Col.
Dimitar Geshev 1st
Inf. Brigade : 9th Plovdivski (4), 21st Srednogorski (4) IR. 2nd
Inf. Brigade : 27th Čepinski (4), 28th
Stremski (4), IR. 3rd
Inf. Brigade : 39th (2), 40th (4) IR. 3rd Art. Rgt. (9 QF Bts.), 2nd
div. / 3rd Mnt. Art. Rgt. (2 QF Bts.), 3rd div. / 3rd
Mnt. Art. Rgt. (2 QF Bts.) 2nd Pioneers
Battalion |
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7th
Rilska Division |
MG.
Georgi Todorov 1st
Inf. Brigade : 13th Rilski (4), 26th Pernishki (4) IR. 2nd
Inf. Brigade : 14th Makedonski (2), 20th Trakiyski (4) IR. 3rd
Inf. Brigade : 49th (4), 50th (4) IR. 7th Art. Rgt.
(9 QF Bts.), 9th not QF Art. Rgt. (5 not QF Bts.), 1st div. / 2nd Mnt.
Art. Rgt. (3 QF Bts.) 7th Pioneers
Battalion |
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8th
Tundzhanska
Division |
MGl.
Dimitar Kirkov 1st
Inf. Brigade : 10th
Rodopski (4), 30th Shejnovski (4) IR. 2nd
Inf. Brigade : 12th Balkanski (4), 23rd Shipchenski (4) IR. 3rd
Inf. Brigade : 51st (3), 52nd (3) IR. 8th Art. Rgt.
(9 QF Bts.), 2nd div. / 1st not QF Art. Rgt. (3 not QF
Bts.) 8th Pioneers
Battalion |
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1st
Brigade of the 3rd Division |
11th Slivenski
(4), 24th Chernomorski (4) IR. 1st div. / 6th Art. Rgt. (3 QF Bts.) |
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2nd
Brigade of the 4th Division |
8th Primorski
(4), 31st Varnenski (4) IR. 3rd div. / 5th Art. Rgt. (3 QF Bts.) |
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Macedono-Odrinsko
Opalchenie |
MG.
Nikola Genev 1st
Brigade : Lt.Col. Stefan Nikolov 1st Debarska, 2nd Skopska, 3rd
Solunska, 4th Bitolska, 13th Kukushka Druzhina 2nd Brigade : Lt.Col.
Anton Pchelarov 5th Odrinska, 6th Ohriska, 7th
Kumanovska, 8th Kosturska, 14th Vodenska Druzhina 3rd
Brigade : Lt.Col. Aleksandar Protogerov 9th Veleshka, 10th Prilepska, 11th
Serska, 12th Lozengradska, 15th Shtipska Druzhina 1st, 2nd MG Comp. 2nd div. / 8th
not QF FAR (3 QF ex Turkish Krupp Bts.), 2nd div. / 2nd
Mnt. Art. Rgt. (3 QF Bts.), 3rd div. / 2nd Mnt. Art.
Rgt. (3 QF Bts.), 4th
div. / 2nd Mnt. Art. Rgt. (3 not QF Bts.) 2nd/3rd Pioneer Company |
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Army
Troops |
7th Opalchenie Rgt. (13th, 14th, 22nd Battalions Opalchenie
I) 5th Cav. Rgt. (3), 2nd, 4th, 9th
Replacement Squadrons 3rd QF How. Div. (3) |
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Attached
to the 4th Army |
Solun Garrison Maj. Velizar Lazarov 3rd Battalion / 14th Makedonski IR. |
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100 Battalions, 6 Squadrons, 63 Batteries |
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2nd Army Commander :
Lt.Gen. Nikola Ivanov (from 11 July 1913 : Lt.Gen. Vasil Kutinchev) Chief of the General
Staff : Col. Nikola Zhekov |
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3rd
Balkanska Division |
MG.
Ivan Sarafov 2nd
Inf. Brigade : 29th Yambolski (4), 32nd Zagorski (4) IR. 3rd
Inf. Brigade : 41st (4), 42nd (4) IR. 6th Art. Rgt.
(6 QF Bts.), 6th not QF Art. Rgt. (6 QF Bts.), 1st QF 3rd Pioneers
Battalion |
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11th
Infantry Division |
Col.
Vasil Delov 55th (4), 56th
(4), 57th (4) IR. 11th not QF Art. Rgt. (6 not QF Bts.) |
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1st
Brigade of the 10th Division |
Col.
Vasil Petev 16th
Lovchanski (3), 25th Dragomanski (4) IR. 3rd div. / 10th Art. Rgt. (3 QF Bts.) |
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Serska
Brigade |
Col.
Ivanov 67th (4), 68th
(4) IR. 1st div. / 1st
not QF FAR (3 not QF Bts.), 6th QF Battery /1st Mnt.
Art. Rgt. |
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Dramska
Brigade |
Col.
Nikola Petrov 69th (4), 70th
(4) IR. 2nd div. / 7th
FAR (3 not QF Bts.), 7th QF Battery /1st Mnt. Art. Rgt. |
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Army
Troops |
7th Replacement Rgt. (3), 10th, 28th Replacement Battalions, 5th
Border Guards Battalion 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th,
8th, 10th Replacement Squadrons 2nd QF How. div. (3) 105mm L/30 guns Bty. / Vidinski Fortress Battalion with 4 pieces |
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Attached
to the 2nd Army |
Dedeagach Garrison 4th Battalion / 16th Lovchanski IR. 3 Opalchenie Battalions 87mm Bty. / Shumenski fortress with 6 guns ? 150mm L/30 guns Bty. / Sofiyski Fortress Battalion with 2 guns 1st 150mm L/30 Bty. / Shumenski Fortress Bn. with 2 guns 1st 150mm howitzers Bty. / Shumenski fortress Bn. with 4
pieces 150mm L/14 howitzers Bty. / Shumenski fortress Bn. with 2 pieces ten-barrels MGs. Bty. / Shumenski fortress Bn. |
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Portolago
Garrison 4 Opalchenie Companies ½ Squadron from 10th Cav. Rgt. 4th – 75mm not QF Bty. / Sofiyski Fortress Battalion with 6
guns 4 ten-barrells MGs |
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Seres
Garrison 10th Cav. Rgt. (2 ½ Squadrons) 1 – 150mm howitzers Bty. / Sofiyski fortress Bn. with 4 guns |
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62 Battalions, 10 Squadrons, 44 Batteries |
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General Reserve |
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6th
Bdinska Division |
GM.
Pravoslav Tenev 1st
Inf. Brigade : 3rd Bdinski (4), 36th Kozloduynski (4) IR. 2nd
Inf. Brigade : 15th Lomski (4), 35th Vrachanski (4), IR. 2nd Art. Rgt. (6 QF Bts.) 6th Pioneers
Battalion |
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16 Battalions, 6 Batteries |
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MG. Stoyu Bradistilov |
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2nd
Brigade of the 10th Division |
Lt.Col.
Atanas Petrov 47th (3), 48th
(4) IR. 2nd and 3rd
Squadrons / 4th Cav. Rgt. 1st div. / 2nd Art. Rgt. (3 not QF Bts.) |
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Bulair Garrison |
1st Battalion / 39th IR. |
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Coast
of |
9th Cav. Rgt.
(3) |
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Military Governor of GM. Valko Velchev |
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Odrin Garrison |
58th IR. (3) 4th Battalion / 43rd IR., 4th
Battalion / 44th IR. |
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Dimotika |
1st Squadrons / 4th Cav. Rgt. |
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North of Enos – Midia line |
8th Cav. Rgt.
(3) |
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Flying Troops Cpt. Vasil Zlatarov |
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to
support 3rd Army |
1st Balloon
Unit : Sofia-1 balloon (at Slivnitsa) |
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to
support 1st and 3rd Army |
2nd Aeroplane
Unit : 4 planes and 4 pilots (at Slivnitsa) |
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to
support 2nd and 4th Army |
3rd Aeroplane Unit
: 3 planes, 3 pilotes and 2 observers (at Seres) |
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to
support Bulgarian Army |
2nd Balloon
Unit : 1 kite-balloon (at Konyovitsa) |
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Remarks
: from 24 June 1913 Lt.Gen.
Mihail Savov was appointed commander of 4th and 5th Army
with col. Asen Papadopov as chief of Staff from 14 July Lt.Gen.
Mihail Savov was appointed commander of 2nd, 4th and 5th
Army |
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