Battle of Pirot

Battle of Pirot
	Part of Serbo-Bulgarian War
	; Street fighting in Pirot
Date	26–27 November 1885[a]
Location	Pirot, Kingdom of Serbia
Result	Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria	Serbia
Commanders and leaders
Alexander I; Danail Nikolaev	Milan I; Petar Topalović
Units involved
Western Army	Nišava Army
Strength
45,000 ; 80 guns	40,000 ; 84 guns
Casualties and losses
2,500 killed or wounded	2,000 killed or wounded

The Battle of Pirot (Bulgarian: Битка при Пирот Serbian: Битка код Пирота) took place during the Serbo-Bulgarian War between 26 and 27 November, 1885^[a] near the town of Pirot, Serbia. The battle opposed the Bulgarian Western Corps to the Serbian Nišava Army and ended with a Bulgarian victory and the signing of an armistice. The battle led to the treaty of Bucharest ending the Serbo-Bulgarian War restoring peace between the two countries.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Harbottle, T.B. (2019). Dictionary of Battles: From the Earliest Date to the Present Time. Good Press. p. 199.

[Harbottle_2019_p.-1] Harbottle, T.B. (2019). Dictionary of Battles: From the Earliest Date to the Present Time. Good Press. p. 199.

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