What the records say
- When
- 28 Oct 1912 – 2 Nov 1912
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.41° N, 27.36° E
- Description
- 1912 battle of the First Balkan War
Battle of Lule Burgas
1912 battle of the First Balkan War
The Battle of Lule Burgas or Battle of Luleburgas – Bunarhisar took place between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire and was the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War. The battle took place from 28 October to 2 November 1912. The outnumbered Bulgarian forces made the Ottomans retreat to Çatalca line, 30 km from the Ottoman capital Constantinople.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Während des Ersten Balkankriegs beginnt die bis zum 2. November dauernde Schlacht von Lüleburgaz”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire bulgare décisive à la bataille de Lule-Burgas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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