Battle of Kirk Kilise
Part of theFirst Balkan War
Date 22–24 October 1912 Location Kırk Kilise District,Adrianople Vilayet,Ottoman Empire (nowKırklareli,Turkey) 41°44′05″N27°13′31″E / 41.73472°N 27.22528°E /41.73472; 27.22528 Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Radko Dimitriev Ivan Fichev	Mahmud Muhtar Pasha (WIA) Abdullah Pasha
Strength
153,745 men[1]	98,326 men[1]
Casualties and losses
887 killed, 4,034 wounded and 824 missing[2]	1,500 killed and wounded,[2] 2,000–3,000 prisoners[2] 58 artillery captured

TheBattle of Kirk Kilisse orBattle of Kirklareli^[3] orBattle of Lozengrad was part of theFirst Balkan War between the armies ofBulgaria and theOttoman Empire. It took place on 24 October 1912, when theBulgarian army defeated anOttoman army in EasternThrace and occupiedKırklareli.

The initial clashes were around several villages to the north of the town. The Bulgarian attacks were irresistible and the Ottoman forces were forced to retreat. On 10 October, the Ottoman army threatened to split 1st and 3rd Bulgarian armies but it was quickly stopped by a charge by 1st Sofian and 2nd Preslav brigades. After bloody fighting along the whole town front, the Ottomans began to pull back and on the next morning and Kırk Kilise (Lozengrad) was in Bulgarian hands. The Muslim Turkish population of the town was expelled and fled eastwards towardsConstantinople.

After the victory, theFrench minister of warAlexandre Millerand stated that theBulgarian Army was the best inEurope and that he would prefer 100,000Bulgarians for allies than any other European army.^[4]

• Министерство на войната, Щаб на войската (1928).Войната между България и Турция, vol. II. Държавна печатница, София.

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