Battle of Bulair

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Battle of Bulair
Part of First Balkan War
Date 8 February 1913 Location Bulair, Gelibolu District, Adrianople Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, (Bolayır, Turkey) 40°31′35″N 26°47′41″E / 40.5263°N 26.7948°E / 40.5263; 26.7948 Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Georgi Todorov	Ali Fethi[1] Mustafa Kemal Atatürk[1]
Strength
approximately. 10,000 men 13 companies 3 squadrons 24 machine guns 36 guns	37,355 people 21 camps 1 squadron 12 warships 78 guns
Casualties and losses
114 killed 416 wounded[2]	More than 6,000 killed 10,000 wounded[2]

The battle of Bulair (Bulgarian: Битка при Булаир, Turkish: Bolayır Muharebesi) took place on 8 February 1913 (O.S. 26 January 1913) between the Bulgarian Seventh Rila Infantry Division under General Georgi Todorov and the Ottoman 27th Infantry Division. The result was a Bulgarian victory.