Battle of Şarköy

Battle of Şarköy
Part of First Balkan War
Date February 9–11, 1913
Location Şarköy, Gelibolu District, Edirne Province, Ottoman Empire
(present day: Şarköy, Turkey)
Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Stiliyan Kovachev Major Enver bey
Strength
Unknown Officers and Men: 19,858, Animal: 3,744, Rifles: 15,405, Machine Guns: 16, Artillery: 48, Ammunition Boxes: 23,542[1]
Torpedo cruiser Berk-i Satvet
Cruiser Mecidiye
Battleship Turgut Reis
Battleship Barbaross Hayreddin[1]
Casualties and losses
Light 1,000 killed and wounded,
450 captured,
2 ships sunk

The Battle of Şarköy or Sarkoy operation (Bulgarian: Битка при Шаркьой, Turkish: Şarköy Çıkarması) took place between 9 and 11 February 1913 during the First Balkan War between Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans attempted a counter-attack, but were crushed by the Bulgarians at Battles of Bulair and Şarköy.

References

  1. ^ a b Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 263.