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(Redirected from Operation Morava) Operation of the Bulgarian Army

Morava Offensive
Part of the Serbian campaign (1915)

Serbian reservists near Morava river (Autumn 1915)
Date14 October 1915 – 9 November 1915
Locationfront from Leskovac to Negotin, Serbia
Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
 Bulgaria  Serbia
Commanders and leaders
Tsardom of Bulgaria (1908–1946) Kliment Boyadzhiev Kingdom of Serbia Stepa Stepanovic
Strength
  • First Army: 195,620 men
  • 116,569 rifleman
  • 108 machine guns
  • 422 cannons
  • Second Army – 5 infantry divisions: 90,000 riflemen
  • 94 machine guns
  • 248 cannons
Casualties and losses
  • 1,906 killed
  • 10,637 wounded
  • 925 missing
6,000 casualties
Serbian campaign
Serbian campaign (1914)

Serbian campaign (1915)

Austro-Hungarian and Bulgarian occupation

The Morava Offensive Operation (Bulgarian: Моравска настъпателна операция), (Serbian: Битка на Морави) was undertaken by the Bulgarian First Army between 14 October 1915 and 9 November 1915, as part of the strategic offensive operation of Army Group Mackensen against Serbia in 1915. Under the command of Lieutenant General Kliment Boyadzhiev, the Bulgarians seized the fortified areas of Pirot, Niš and the valley of the river Morava. As a result, the Serbian forces were compelled to retreat towards Kosovo and Metohija.

Due to the harsh weather, the defenders' strong resistance and the rough terrain, early Bulgarian advance was slow. But because the defenders were severely outnumbered, the Bulgarians broke through near Pirot in 10 days, and the Serbs retreated to the Timok.

The battle continued for 27 days, and the Bulgarians penetrated up to 90 km deep into Serbia's territory. The Serbs lost 6,000 men, 60 guns, and a large amount of military equipment.

Footnotes

  1. Българската армия в Световната война, vol. II, pag. 892–905; Държавна печатница,София 1938
  2. Българската армия в Световната война, vol. II, pag. 918–921; Държавна печатница,София 1938
  3. Българската армия в Световната война, vol. IV , pag. 1028; Държавна печатница,София 1940

Sources

Bulgaria during World War I
Prelude South-western front
Serbian campaign, Macedonian front
Romanian front • Outcome • Others Important persons
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1913

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1914

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Commanders

 Bulgaria

Nikola ZhekovKliment BoyadzhievDimitar GeshovGeorgi TodorovIvan LukovStefan NerezovVladimir Vazov

Entente:

 Serbia: Radomir PutnikŽivojin MišićStepa StepanovićPetar BojovićPavle Jurišić Šturm;
 France: Maurice SarrailAdolphe GuillaumatLouis Franchet d'Espèrey;
 United Kingdom: Bryan MahonGeorge Milne;
 Kingdom of Greece: Panagiotis Danglis

Field Armies Battles

1915

Morava OffensiveOvče Pole OffensiveKosovo offensive (1915) Battle of Krivolak

1916

First battle of DoiranBattle of Florina (Lerin)Struma operationMonastir offensive

1917

Second battle of Doiran2nd Crna BendSecond battle of Monastir

1918

Battle of Skra-di-LegenBattle of Dobro PoleThird battle of Doiran

Commanders

 Bulgaria

Nikola ZhekovPanteley KiselovStefan ToshevTodor KantardzhievIvan Kolev

Entente:

 Romania: Constantin PrezanAlexandru Averescu;
 Russia: Andrei ZayonchkovskiVladimir Sakharov

Field Armies Battles

1916

Battle of TurtucaiaBattle of BazargicFirst CobadinFlămânda OffensiveSecond CobadinBattle of Bucharest

Outcome

1918 Treaty of Brest-LitovskArmistice of FocșaniTreaty of BucharestProtocol of Berlin

Outcome

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