1st Artillery Regiment

History
Raised as Sofiyska artillery division with Decree N° 95/25 August 1880 Raised as 1^st artillery regiment with Decree N° 250/25 July 1883 from Sofiyska artillery division, 4^th and 5^th battery of the artillery regiment and the 9cm long range battery 1^st division renamed 1^st artillery regiment with Decree N° 250/25 July 1883 Attached to the Artillery Brigade in Sofia with Decree N° 176/1886 Disbanded with Decree N° 181/22 August 1886, having taken part in the overthrow of prince Alexandar Battenberg Re-raised with Decree N° 10/1889 with 3^rd, 4^th, 7^th and 8^th batteries and 1^st mountain section of 4^th artillery regiment
Garrison
1880 : Samokov 1883 : Sofia 1889 : Razgrad 3^rd Military Inspectorate, 5^th Dunavska Division
Commanders
30.08.1880 ? 19.06.1882 10.09.1885 1886 1886-1889 01.05.1889 13.11.1891 13.05.1897 07.05.1903 17.04.1912 17.04.1915 04.03.1917	maj. Konstantin Dikenlejn [from Russian Army] maj. Nikolay Vladimirovic Frost [from Russian Army] maj. Nikolay Vladimirovich Stoyanov [from Russian Army] cpt. Stefan Aleksandrov cpt. Stefan Zlatarski disbanded maj. Iliya Kozarov lt. col. Velizar Peev col. Vasil Sabov col. Ivan Shishkov col. Panteley Paraskov lt. col. Zafir Chobanov col. Georgi Nachev
Effectives
12 June 1880		12 steel 9 pdr guns and 12 bronze 9 pdr guns
1 October 1885		30 officers, 1742 NCOs and men, 8 Krupp 87mm, 12 Krupp 75mm, 24 steel 9 pdr guns
September 1912		29 officers, 1 clerk, 1687 NCOs and men, 184 riding and 1533 draught horses, 108 wagons, 86 carts, 36 Schneider 75mm QF guns
September 1915		25 officers and clerks, 1191 NCOs and men, 1043 horses, 24 – 75mm QF guns
Battle Honours
I. War against Serbia 1885 3 November 1885 : fought at Tran and Vrabcha 5 – 7 November 1885 : fought at Slivinitza 14 – 15 November 1885 : fought at Pirot
II. War against Turkey 1912-1913 Attached to 5^th Dunavska Division 9 – 10 October 1912 : fought at Eski Polos and Petra 16 – 20 October 1912 : fought at Bunar Hissar 4 – 5 November 1912 : fought at Chataldzha line
III. Interallied War 1913 21 – 25 June 1913 : fought at Golash, Novo Korito, Knyazhevatz 1 – 18 July 1913 : fought at Plocho, Chuka, Ostrika, Tzaritza, Kapvav Kamak, Pandzhin Grob, Bukova Glava, Bobik, Bubredzhik, Chukovetz, Tvetkov Grob, Goljam Stan, Bobek, Streshir
IV. First World War Attached to 5^th Dunavska Division September 1915 : deployed along the Romanian border near Ruse 16 – 29 November 1915 : fought along the river Kara Su, at Miletkovo, Smokvitza and Gevgeli, pursuing the French Army along right bank of the Vardar river 20 – 21 August 1916 : fought at “Heroic” Hill 1 – 15 May 1917 : fought at Golema and Malka Jarebichna and at Hill 260, 204, 212 and 258 1917 : fought during the enemy attack at the western ridge at Jarebichna 15 September - 1 October 1918 : assigned to the 5^th Dunavska Infantry Division, fought at Mala Rupa, Garbata, Kitkite, Roshava, Hill 560, Gevgeli and took part in the rearguard fightings of that Division