Back Битка при Калиманци Bulgarian Battaglia di Kalimanci Italian Битка кај Калиманци Macedonian Bitwa pod Kalimanci Polish Сражение при Калиманцах (1913) Russian Битка код Калиманција Serbian Kalimantsi Muharebesi Turkish

Battle of Kalimanci

Battle of Kalimanci
Part of the Second Balkan War
Date18-19 July 1913 (N.S.)[1]
(5-6 July in O.S.)
Location
Kalimanci (present-day North Macedonia)
41°58′24.21″N 22°36′52.52″E / 41.9733917°N 22.6145889°E / 41.9733917; 22.6145889
Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
 Kingdom of Bulgaria  Kingdom of Serbia
 Kingdom of Montenegro
Commanders and leaders
Mihail Savov[1]
Vicho Dikov
Georgi Todorov[2]		 Božidar Janković
Units involved
Tsardom of Bulgaria (1908–1946) 4th Army
Tsardom of Bulgaria (1908–1946) 5th Army[1]		 Kingdom of Serbia 3rd Army
Strength
2 armies Serbia:
1 army
Montenegro:
1 division[1]
Casualties and losses
2,400 killed
4,620 wounded[3]		 Serbia:
2,500 killed
4,850 wounded[1]
Montenegro:
107 killed
570 wounded[1]

The Battle of Kalimanci (Bulgarian: Битка при Калиманци, Serbian: Битка код Калиманаца) was fought between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Bulgaria during the Second Balkan War. The battle started on the 18th and ended on the 19th of July 1913.[1] The Bulgarian Army stopped the Serbian Army from pushing them out of Macedonia and joining up with the Greek Army downstream of the river Struma.[4] The battle ended in an important Bulgarian defensive victory.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Hall (2000), p. 120.
  2. ^ Tucker (2019), p. 102.
  3. ^ a b Hall (2000), p. 121.
  4. ^ Black (2016), p. 155.

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