Battle of Kardzhali

Battle of Kircaali; Battle of Kardzhali
	Part of the First Balkan War
	; The Bulgarians capture Kardzhali
Date	21 October 1912[a]
Location	Kircaali, Sanjak of Gümülcine, Adrianople Vilayet, Ottoman Empire; (now Kardzhali, Bulgaria)41°39′N 25°22′E / 41.650°N 25.367°E
Result	Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Vasil Delov; Garegin Nzhdeh	Mehmed Yaver Pasha
Strength
8,700; 42 guns	c. 9,000; 8 guns
Casualties and losses
9 killed; 45 wounded	200 killed and wounded; 19 captured

The Battle of Kircaali^[1] or Battle of Kardzhali^{[citation needed]} was part of the First Balkan War between the armies of Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. It took place on 21 October 1912, when the Bulgarian Haskovo Detachment defeated the Ottoman Kırcaali Detachment of Yaver Pasha and permanently joined Kardzhali and the Eastern Rhodopes to Bulgaria. The anniversary of that event is celebrated annually on 21 October as a holiday of the city.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 149.
^ ^a ^b Войната между България и Турция, Т. V, стр. 163–164
^ Day of Kardzhali – 21 October (retrieved on 5.01.2010)

[Erickson149-1] Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 149.

[vbtV164-2] Войната между България и Турция, Т. V, стр. 163–164

[3] Day of Kardzhali – 21 October (retrieved on 5.01.2010)

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