Battle of Lule-Burgas

Infobox Military Conflict


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conflict=Battle of Lule-Burgas
partof=First Balkan War
date=31 October to 3 November, 1912
place=Lule Burgas, Turkey
result=Decisive Bulgarian victory
combatant1= flagicon|Bulgaria|1878 Bulgaria
combatant2=flag|Ottoman Empire
commander1=flagicon|Bulgaria|1878 General Radko Dimitriev
flagicon|Bulgaria|1878 General Ivan Fichev
commander2=flagicon|Ottoman Empire Abdullah Pasha
strength1=108,000
116 heavy guns; 360 guns [Фичев, И. Българското командъване през Балканската война 1912-1913, с.136]
strength2=130,000
300 guns [ЦВА, ф.40, оп. 2, а.е. 126, л. 34]
casualties1=2,536 killed,
17,000 wounded [Войната между България и Турция 1912-1913. 1, с.236]
casualties2=40,000 killed and wounded,
2,800 captured [Димитриев, P., цит. съч., с. 293, 296—298; Държавен вестник, № 242. 25. Х. 1912.]
50 guns captured [ЦВА, ф.40, оп. 2, а.е. 126, 135] The Battle of Lule Burgas ( _bg. Битка при Люле-Бургас) was a battle between the Bulgarians and the Ottomans. The battle took place from the 31 October to 3 November, 1912. The Bulgarian forces made the Ottomans retreat to Çatalca, 30 km from the Ottoman capital Constantinople.

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