Battle of Doiran (1913)

Battle of Doiran
	Part of Second Balkan War
	; Houses destroyed by the Bulgarians at Doiran c. 1913
Date	22–23 June 1913
Location	Lake Doiran, Tsardom of Bulgaria (now Greece and Republic of North Macedonia)
Result	Greek victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria	Greece
Commanders and leaders
Pravoslav Tenev; Konstantin Kavarnaliev †; Hristo Pakov	Leonidas Paraskevopoulos; (10th division); Konstantinos Damianos; (3rd division)
Units involved
2nd Army	3rd Division; 10th Division
Strength
2 infantry brigades	2 divisions
Casualties and losses
Half of forces killed, wounded, or captured (~2,000-4,000)	252 killed; 755 wounded

The Battle of Doiran was a battle of the Second Balkan War, fought between the Bulgaria and Greece. The battle took place in June 1913.

The Hellenic Army, after the victory at Kilkis-Lachanas, continued their advance north and successfully engaged the Bulgarians at Lake Doiran. The Bulgarian army had retreated to the lake, after having destroyed the bridges of Strymon River and burned the town of Serres.^[5] As a result of their subsequent defeat, the Bulgarian forces retreated further north.

Battle

The Doiran Lake was at the right wing of the Bulgarian line of defense. The 2nd Bulgarian Army was responsible for the defense of this sector.^[6] The Bulgarian artillery was for some time successful against the Greek attack. When the Evzones captured the train station of Doiran, fearing that they would be encircled, retreated further north.^[1] Following orders by King Constantine, the Greek army captured Gevgelija, Meleniko, Petrich and advanced in the Bulgarian territory aiming to capture Sofia.

Another part of the Greek army marched eastern to capture Drama and Western Thrace, while ships of the Greek navy with an amphibious operation were landed at Kavala.

References

Notes

^ Commands and Headquarters of the Large Units (Formations) during the Balkan Wars, 1912–13.

Citations

^ ^a ^b "Μάχη της Δοϊράνης: Η συντριπτική και θριαμβευτική ελληνική νίκη κατά των Βουλγάρων". 23 June 2021.
^ Hellenic Army 1998, Table 6.
^ Hellenic Army 1998, paragraph 290.
^ Hellenic Army 1998, paragraph 291.
^ "Η μάχη της Δοιράνης". Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
^ W. H. Crawfurd Price 2008, pages 307–309.

Sources

Hellenic Army General Staff, Army History Directorate, A concise history of the Balkan Wars 1912–1913, Athens, 1998. ISBN 978-9-6078-9707-7 OCLC 43487376
W. H. Crawfurd Price. The Balkan Cockpit – The Political and Military Story of the Balkan Wars. Read Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4437-7404-8

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[3] Commands and Headquarters of the Large Units (Formations) during the Balkan Wars, 1912–13.

[auto-1] "Μάχη της Δοϊράνης: Η συντριπτική και θριαμβευτική ελληνική νίκη κατά των Βουλγάρων". 23 June 2021.

[2] Hellenic Army 1998, Table 6.

[4] Hellenic Army 1998, paragraph 290.

[5] Hellenic Army 1998, paragraph 291.

[6] "Η μάχη της Δοιράνης". Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

[7] W. H. Crawfurd Price 2008, pages 307–309.

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Background	Nationalism in the Ottoman Empire Albanian Bulgarian Greek Serbian Congress of Berlin Annexation of Eastern Rumelia Serbo-Bulgarian War Greco-Turkish War of 1897 Cretan State IMRO & Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising Macedonian Struggle Young Turk Revolution Bosnian Crisis Bulgarian Independence 31 March Incident Goudi coup Italo-Turkish War Albanian revolt of 1912 Balkan League
First Balkan War
Battles	Sarantaporo Kardzhali Pente Pigadia Sorovich Kumanovo Kirk Kilisse Scutari Lule Burgas Yenidje Adrianople Prilep Himara Monastir First Çatalca Kaliakra Merhamli Driskos Elli Korytsa Lemnos Bulair Şarköy Bizani Second Çatalca
Diplomacy and politics	London Conference Albanian Independence 1913 Ottoman coup d'état Treaty of London
Second Balkan War
Battles	Kilkis–Lachanas Doiran Bregalnica Knjaževac Kalimanci Kresna Gorge Southern Dobruja Romanian landings in Bulgaria Vidin Pirot
Diplomacy and politics	Greek–Serbian Alliance Provisional Government of Western Thrace Treaty of Bucharest Treaty of Constantinople Treaty of Athens
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Aftermath	Autonomy of Northern Epirus Greco-Turkish crisis of 1914 Sarajevo Assassination and World War I Ottoman–Bulgarian alliance Balkans campaign of WWI Serbian campaign Macedonian front
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