Battle of Kresna Gorge

Battle of Kresna Gorge
	Part of Second Balkan War
	; A Greek lithograph depicting Major Velissariou leading the 1st Evzone Regiment during the battle; by Sotiris Christidis
Date	21–31 July [O.S. 8–18 July] 1913
Location	Kresna Gorge, Bulgaria41°48′03.19″N 23°09′34.93″E
Result	Stalemate (truce) Greek army advances through the Kresna gorge.; Greek advance towards Sofia halted;
Belligerents
Bulgaria	Greece
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Mihail Savov ; Gen. Nikola Ivanov	King Constantine I
Strength
110 battalions	80 battalions
Casualties and losses
Unknown	10,000 killed, wounded, or captured

The Battle of Kresna Gorge was fought in 1913 between the Greeks and the Bulgarians during the Second Balkan War. The battle was fought over an eleven-day period, between 8–18 July, over a front of 20 km, in a maze of forests and mountains. The battle marked the last phase of Greek advances into Bulgarian territory before the ceasefire and the peace treaty.

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