Battle of Kosovo (1915)
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- For the other Battles of Kosovo, see Battle of Kosovo (disambiguation)
| Battle of Kosovo | |||||||
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| Part of Serbian Campaign (World War I) | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Bulgaria | Serbia | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1st Army, Northern Operations Group of 2nd Army | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| Unknown | 30,000 killed and woulded, 199 guns | ||||||
| Final defeat of Serbia | |||||||
The battle of Kosovo occurred between 10 November 1915 and 4 December 1915. It began with the forcing of the South Morava by 1st Army and ended with the total defeat of the Serbian army.
The main blow was made by the 1st Army at the direction Niš-Priština. For 2 days, the soldiers seized Prokuplje and started chasing the enemy. The Serbs tried a desperate counter-attack towards Vranje and Kumanovo to join the Anglo-French troops but were again defeated. the 6th and 9th Infantry Divisions of 1st Army easily took Priština on 24 November. Then the whole Bulgarian army advanced, supported from the north by parts of 11th German Army. The battled ended on 4 December when Debar was captured. The Serbs lost 30,000 soldiers, 199 guns, 150 cars and vast quantity of other military equipment.
