Battle of Adrianople

Overview

The siege of Adrianople, was fought during the First Balkan War. The siege began on 3 November 1912 and ended on 26 March 1913 with the capture of Edirne (Adrianople) by the Bulgarian 2nd Army and the Serbian 2nd Army.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Significance

The structured facts describe a Bulgarian-Ottoman engagement at Adrianople in November 1912 during the First Balkan War, but the supplied overview text describes a entirely different battle — the 378 AD engagement between Emperor Valens and Gothic forces under Fritigern. Because the overview does not correspond to the battle identified in the structured facts, there is insufficient grounded source material from which to write a reliable significance entry for the 1912 Battle of Adrianople.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (5)