The Battle of Kresna Gorge was fought between the Greeks and the Bulgarians during the Second Balkan War. After the Serbian front became static, King Constantine seeing that the Bulgarian Army in his front had been already defeated ordered the Greek Army to march further into Bulgarian territory and take the capital city of Sofia.
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- The Battle of Kresna Gorge was fought between the Greeks and the Bulgarians during the Second Balkan War. After the Serbian front became static, King Constantine seeing that the Bulgarian Army in his front had been already defeated ordered the Greek Army to march further into Bulgarian territory and take the capital city of Sofia. King Constantine wanted a decisive victory on this war despite the objections of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos who realized that the Serbs, having won their territorial objectives, were now trying to move the weight of the rest of the war to the Greeks by staying passive. In the pass of Kresna the Greeks were ambushed by the Bulgarian 2nd and 1st Army newly arrived from the Serbian front that had already taken defensive positions there. The battle was continued for eleven days, between July 8-18, over a front of 20km, in a maze of forests and mountains with no conclusion. The Greek King, seeing that the units he fought were from the Serbian front, tried to convince the Serbs to renew their attack, as the front ahead them was now thinner, but the Serbs, already under Russian pressure, rejected it having nothing more to gain. By 8 July the Greek army was outnumbered by the now counterattacking Bulgarian armies, and the Bulgarian General Staff, attempting to encircle the Greeks in a Cannae-type battle, was applying pressure on their flanks. The Greek army resisted successfully however, and even launched local counter-attacks. After committing all available forces to the attack without succeeding a penetration, by 17th of July Bulgarian Armies reduced their attack activity having to repulse Greek counterattacks on both sides. To the western flank, Greek Army occupied Berovo, closing Mehomia to the eastern. By then, news came for the Romanian success towards Sofia and its imminent fall. King Constantine realizing the aimless of the continuation of the counterattack, listened to Venizelos' proposal and accepted the Bulgarian request for armistice, delivered through Romania. Both sides had suffered heavy casualties. The Bulgarians, with the Romanians having declared war over Silistra and their army closing Sofia had asked for a Russian arbitration. The resulted general armistice signed on 18/31 July, 1913 ending the most bloodshed battle of the Second Balkan War.
- La Bataille de Kresna fut livrée pendant la deuxième guerre balkanique. Elle opposa la Grèce à la Bulgarie du 22 au 31 juillet 1913. Ce fut la dernière bataille du conflit.
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- The Battle of Kresna Gorge was fought between the Greeks and the Bulgarians during the Second Balkan War. After the Serbian front became static, King Constantine seeing that the Bulgarian Army in his front had been already defeated ordered the Greek Army to march further into Bulgarian territory and take the capital city of Sofia.
- La Bataille de Kresna fut livrée pendant la deuxième guerre balkanique. Elle opposa la Grèce à la Bulgarie du 22 au 31 juillet 1913. Ce fut la dernière bataille du conflit.
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