Serbo-Bulgarian War

Serbo-Bulgarian War
	Part of the Bulgarian Crisis
	; The Bulgarians cross the border, by Antoni Piotrowski
Date	14–28 November 1885 (N. S.)
Location	Eastern Serbia and Western Bulgaria
Result	Bulgarian victory Unification of Bulgaria recognized after defeat of Serbia; Bulgaria nearly doubles in territory by annexing East Rumelia from the Ottoman Empire;
Belligerents
Serbia; Support:; Austria-Hungary ; Russian Empire	Bulgaria
Commanders and leaders
Milan I; Petar Topalović; Milojko Lešjanin;	Alexander I; Atanas Uzunov; Danail Nikolaev;
Strength
60,000 soldiers	50,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
770 killed; 4,570 wounded	550 killed; 4,232 wounded

The Serbo-Bulgarian War or the Serbian–Bulgarian War (Bulgarian: Сръбско-българска война, Srăbsko-bălgarska voyna, Serbian: Српско-бугарски рат, Srpsko-bugarski rat) was a war between the Kingdom of Serbia and Principality of Bulgaria that erupted on 14 November [O.S. 2 November] 1885 and lasted until 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1885. Despite Bulgaria being a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottomans did not intervene in the war. Serbia initiated the war but was decisively defeated. Austria-Hungary demanded for Bulgaria to stop its invasion, and a truce resulted. The final peace was signed on 3 March [O.S. 19 February] 1886 in Bucharest. The old boundaries were not changed. As a result of the war, European powers acknowledged the act of Unification of Bulgaria which happened on 18 September [O.S. 6 September] 1885.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bulgaria/History" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^ Anderson, Frank Maloy; Hershey, Amos Shartle (1918). "The Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885–86". Handbook for the Diplomatic History of Europe, Asia, and Africa 1870-1914. Washington, DC: National Board for Historical Service, Government Printing Office. pp. 124–126. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
^ Kennan, George Frost (1979). he Decline of Bismarck's European Order: Franco-Russian Relations, 1875-1890. Princeton University Press. pp. 103–122. ISBN 9780608027418.

[1] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bulgaria/History" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

[2] Anderson, Frank Maloy; Hershey, Amos Shartle (1918). "The Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885–86". Handbook for the Diplomatic History of Europe, Asia, and Africa 1870-1914. Washington, DC: National Board for Historical Service, Government Printing Office. pp. 124–126. Retrieved 2 February 2013.

[Kennan-3] Kennan, George Frost (1979). he Decline of Bismarck's European Order: Franco-Russian Relations, 1875-1890. Princeton University Press. pp. 103–122. ISBN 9780608027418.

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