The Bulgarian Army at the beginning of
the World War
3rd
Army |
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Commander
: Chief of
the General Staff : Chief of
the Operations Section : Chief of
the Artillery : Chief of
the Engineer Corps : Chief of
the Command of the Rear : |
Lt.Gen.
Stefan Toshev Col. Stefan
Popov Lt.Col. Yordan Venedikov Col. Vasil Raynov Col. Aleksandar
Atanasov MG. Nikola Zheljavski |
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4th Preslavska Division |
Commander MG. Panteley Kiselov Chief of the Staff : Divisional Intendant : 1st Inf. Brigade
: 7th Preslavski IR. : Col. Atanas Dobrev 19th Shumenski IR. : Lt.Col. Anton Dyakov 31st Varneiski IR. : Lt.Col. Todor Dinolov 3rd Inf. Brigade
: 47th IR. : Lt.Col. Yordan Avramov 48th IR. : Lt.Col. Hristo Enchev 4th
division cav. sq. 4th Art. Brigade
: Col. Ivan Manov 5th Art.Rgt. : (6 bts.) 15th Art. Rgt. : Lt.Col. Konstantin Charkov (6 bts.) 4th not QF Art. Div. (3
bts.) 2nd
div./3rd Howitzer Rgt. (2 not QF bts.) 4th
Pioneers Battalion : Military
Police half squadron |
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Attached to 4th Division |
3rd Cavalry Brigade Commander : 9th
Cav. Rgt. : Col. Spas Mandzhukov 10th
Cav. Rgt. : Lt.Col.
Vadimir Daskalov |
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Border Guards : |
16th Border Guards Battalion 17th Border Guards Battalion 18th Border Guards Battalion |
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Army Troops |
2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment : Col.
Soleykov div. : 3
bts. with 4 - 150mm L/12 Schneider howitzers div. : 2
bts. with 2 - 105mm L/30 Krupp guns 1st
120mm L/28 battery with 4 Schneider guns 4th Line of Communication Rgt. [without I
Bn.] 3rd cyclist company 3rd Army telegraph park : Maj. Milutin Naydenov 8
telegraph stations 3rd search-light unit with 4
search-lights 3rd automobile unit with 23 cars |
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12th
Mixed Division Commander MG. Georgi Mitov (formed on
12 October 1915) |
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Manoeuvre Troops |
2nd March Brigade 6th March Rgt. (2 Bns.) 8th March Rgt. (2 Bns.) 9th March Rgt. (4 Bns.) 7th
Cav. Rgt. : Lt.Col. Kitanchev 5th
not QF Art. Div. (3 bts.) |
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Orahovo |
Commander : Col. Dimitar Siromahov IV/6th
Opalchenie Bn. I 36th
Opalchenie Bn. II 1st/1st
75mm not QF guns Bty. (6 guns) Artillery
division of 3rd Heavy Art. Rgt. : Lt. Yovkov 2nd/3rd 24 pdr
not QF long guns bty. (2 mortars) 3rd/ 3rd 9 pdr
not QF guns bty. (6 guns) II/3rd 57mm turret guns
bty. (2 guns) |
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Gigen |
Commander : Col. Ivan Tzvetanov I/9th
Opalchenie Bn. 4th
not QF bty./9th Art. Rgt. (6 guns) |
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Somovit |
II/9th
Opalchenie Bn. 5th
not QF bty./9th Art. Rgt. (6 guns) I/1st
57mm section (2 guns) |
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III/9th
Opalchenie Bn. 5th
replacement Pioneers cpy. Fortress
Art. division from 3rd Heavy Art. Rgt. : Lt. Chukov 2nd/3rd 24 pdr
short guns bty. (4 guns) 5th/3rd 9 pdr
guns bty. (6 guns) |
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Fortresses |
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Commander : Col. Perikal Enchev 1st
Marsh Brigade 5th
Opalchenie Rgt. (4 Bns.) 5th
March Rgt. (3 Bns.) 9th
replacement Cav. Sq. Replacement
half company of the Bridging Bn. Fortress
Art. division from 3rd Heavy Art. Rgt. : Maj. Stefanov 3rd/3rd 6th/3rd 9 pdr
guns bty. (6 guns) Fortress
Art. division from 1st Heavy Art. Rgt. 2nd/1st 75mm
not QF guns bty. (6 guns) V/1st and VI/1st
57mm guns sections (4 guns) 2nd/2nd
87mm not QF guns bty. (6 guns) |
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Commander : MG. Stancho Topalov 4th
Opalchenie Rgt. (4 Bns.) 1 Bn. /4th
March Rgt. 10th
replacement Cav. Sq. 4th
replacement Pioneers cpy. 1 platoon
of 4th Pioneers Bn. Mixed
Artillery division of 2nd Heavy Art. Rgt. : Maj. Marashlinov 1st/2nd 150mm
L/30 guns bty. (4 guns) 1st/2nd 87mm
not QF guns bty. (6 gun) 1st/2nd 75mm
not QF guns bty. (6 gun) I/2nd and II/2nd
57mm guns sections (4 guns) Fortress
Art. division from 3rd Haevy Art. Rgt. : Cpt. Rodev 5th/3rd 8th/3rd 9 pdr
guns bty. (6 guns) |
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Commander : Col. Atanas Yankov Chief of
the Artillery : Krastyu Bachvarov Chief of the Engineers : Col. Tzanko Bolov 2nd /4th Inf. Brigade
: 8th Primorski IR. : Col. Nikola Sveshtarov 1st/48th Inf.
Bn. 1 Bn. /4th March Rgt. ˝ Bn./3rd March Rgt. Harbour
Bn. 1 platoon
of 4th Pioneers Bn. 15th
Border Guards Battalion Eastern Sector 1 – 240mm L/45 coast bty. (2 guns) 1 – 100mm L/50 naval bty. (2 guns)
wit 1 – 90cm search-light Western Sector 1 – 100mm L/50 naval bty. (2 guns) 1 – 65mm L/50 naval bty. (2 guns) wit
1 – 90cm search-light 1 – 76mm and 57mm bty. (2 guns) 6th/3rd
6inch mortars bty. (2 mortars) half 1st/1st
120mm L/25 guns bty. (3 guns) [from 26.10.1915] 2nd/1st
87mm not QF bty. (6 guns) 3rd/2nd
87mm not QF bty. (6 guns) III/2nd
57mm section (2 guns) 1 battery
with 2 – 47mm guns |
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Razgrad |
75mm not QF
division of 2nd Heavy Art. Rgt. : Maj. Denev 2nd/2nd and 3rd/2nd
75mm not QF bts. (12 guns) Fortress
Art. division from 3rd Heavy Art. Rgt. : 2nd Lt. Lazarov 4th/3rd 7th/3rd 9 pdr
guns bty. (6 guns) |
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Garrisons |
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Svishtov |
Commander : Col. Simeon Boychinov IV/9th
Opalchenie Bn. Fortress
Art. division from 3rd Heavy Art. Rgt. : Maj.Toshkov 4th/3rd 24 pdr
long guns bty. (2 guns) 4th/3rd 9 pdr
guns bty. (6 guns) II/1st
57mm section (2 guns) |
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Burgas |
Commander : MG. Georgi Abadzhiev 2nd
Opalchenie Rgt. (4 bns.) : Col.
3rd Opalchenie Rgt.
(4 bns.) : Col. P. Hadzhiev 5th
March Rgt. (2 bns.) 14th
Border Guards Battalion half cpy.
of 3rd Pioneers Bn. 3rd
not QF Art. Div. : Maj. Georgi Ganev
(18 guns) 2nd/1st
150mm L/30 guns bty. (2 guns) 2nd/2nd
150mm L/30 guns bty. (2 guns) half/1st/1st
120mm L/25 guns bty. (2 guns) 1st
section of the 3rd/1st 75mm not QF bty. (1 gun) |
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