The Serbo-Bulgarian War was a short interstate war between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Principality of Bulgaria, fought from 14 to 28 November 1885 by the modern calendar. It broke out weeks after Bulgaria and the autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia announced their unification in September 1885. Serbia began the fighting, but its army suffered a decisive defeat, and Austria-Hungary then demanded that Bulgaria halt its advance, which produced a truce. Although Bulgaria was formally a vassal of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottomans did not intervene. A peace was signed in Bucharest in March 1886 and left the existing borders unchanged, and the European powers thereby accepted the unification of Bulgaria as an accomplished fact.
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Commanders and Forces
Source Alexander of Battenberg (Wikipedia)
Source Bulgarian Land Forces (Wikipedia)
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Source Serbo-Bulgarian War (Wikipedia)Infobox: locationQuote, Infobox: location
Eastern Serbia and western Bulgaria
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Source Serbo-Bulgarian War (Wikipedia)Infobox: locationQuote, Infobox: location
Eastern Serbia and western Bulgaria
Sources
1. Correlates of War Project: Correlates of War Extra-State War Data, version 4.0
Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War Extra-State War Data, WarNum 391, battle death columns, summed over the rows of the warQuote, Correlates of War Extra-State War Data, WarNum 391, battle death columns, summed over the rows of the war
Serbian-Bulgarian,3,345,Serbia,-8,Bulgaria,11,2,1885,12,7,1885,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,-8,1,0,-8,2,-8,2,2000,3000
2. Serbo-Bulgarian War (Wikipedia)
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a war between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Principality of Bulgaria
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erupted on 14 November [O.S. 2 November] 1885 and lasted until 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1885
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14-28 November 1885 (N. S.)
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Bulgarian victory
View the SourceAlexander of Battenberg (Wikipedia)
Commanders and Forces: Alexander of Battenberg, Reign, Serbo-Bulgarian WarQuote, Commanders and Forces: Alexander of Battenberg, Reign, Serbo-Bulgarian War
Alexander mobilised his troops standing at the Turkish frontier and ordered them to go north to Slivnitsa as fast as possible.
Bulgarian Land Forces (Wikipedia)
Commanders and Forces: Bulgarian Land Forces, History, Early yearsQuote, Commanders and Forces: Bulgarian Land Forces, History, Early years
The Serbs, expecting a quick end to the war, suffered losses and were pushed back by Bulgarian troops
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