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	Strymonas River - Phantis
		The ancient Greek city of Amphipolis was founded at the river's entrance to the Aegean, and the Battle of Kleidion was fought by the river in 1014.
		In 1913, the Greek army was involved in a deadly battle in the Kresna Gorge of the Strymónas during the Second Balkan War.
		The Bulgarians were defeated in the war, however, and the Treaty of Bucharest resulted in significant territorial losses for Bulgaria.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Strymonas_River (164 words)

	Balkan Wars - LoveToKnow 1911
		Turkish Corps under the energetic Djavid.5 The battle of Monastir, which was finally launched on the whole front on the 18th, will long be studied for its tactical incidents, but as an ensemble it is sufficiently described by saying that the resistance of the half division of Morava II.
		The combatants were fully deployed, and their battle was the first example of the form that has ' For example, a British officer lecturing at the staff college on his return from Thrace told his hearers that the Bulgarian 7th Div.
		But the capacity of resistance of the Greek troops, especially in mountain country for which their aptitude was remarkable throughout these campaigns, enabled them to weather the first crisis; they were reinforced from the left as well as from the rear, and on the night of the 26th-27th the Bulgarians withdrew towards the Jumaya Pass.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Balkan_Wars (12426 words)

	Battle of Kresna Gorge - Phantis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Kresna Gorge was a battle fought in the Second Balkan War between Greece and Bulgaria (July 29 - August 9, 1913).
		The battle was fought over 20 km of a maze of forests and mountains with no conclusion until the Bulgarians were forced to put down their weapons when the Romanian army entered Sofia ending the war.
		Among the dead of this battle were Major Georgios Kolokotronis of the historic family and Evzone Major Ioannis Velissariou who had participated in the liberation of Ioannina in the First Balkan War.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Battle_of_Kresna_Gorge (123 words)

	Information about Bulgaria - Central Northern Bulgarian Region
		Battles for control of the Troyan Pass by Russian units and Bulgarian volunteers were held there during the Russian-Turkish War of Liberation (January 1878).
		This battle cannot be equalled to any other during the whole war in relation to its large scale and bloodshed.
		During the War of Liberation sanguinary battles between Russians and Romanians on the one hand and the Turks, in defence of Pleven took place within the region of the village.
	www.bulgariancoastalproperties.com /Bulgarian-Regions.php?parentid=4 (13521 words)

	The Spartan Spirit – military history of Greece and the Greeks, listing their wars, campaigns, sieges and battles ...
		The Spartan Spirit – military history of Greece and the Greeks, listing their wars, campaigns, sieges and battles by the region of Greece in which they were fought.
		Fought both on land and sea, the War is traditionally divided into three phases: the Archidamian War (431-421), the Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition (420-413), and the Ionian War (412-404).
		The Battle of Delium or Delion 424 BC Wednesday, 3/22/06, 10:07 AM Fought between the Athenians and the Boeotians, and ended with the siege of the fortified temple at Delium in the following weeks.
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	Battle of Bregalnica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Bregalnica was fought between the Kingdom of Bulgaria army and the Kingdom of Serbia during the Second Balkan War.
		A most violent battle ensued which lasted for several days; at some points the Bulgarians, thanks to the suddenness of their offensive, were temporarily successful, but gradually the Serbs regained the upper hand and by July 1 the Bulgarians were beaten.
		The Battle of Slivnitsa was avenged by the battle of the Bregalnica, the defeat which lurked upon the Serbian army and, which was the cause of the optimism of Turkish central command and its Vardar Army operational plan during the First Balkans War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Bregalnica (654 words)

	History of the Balkans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In 1389 There was the battle between the Serbs and the Turks on the flbird field, in which the Serb ruler Prince Lazar was defeated.
		Battle of Kosovo (1448) the Christian coalition defeated by Ottomans.
		On August 13, 1595, at C&259;lug&259;reni, near the river of Neajlov, a Turkish army led by Sinan Pasha was defeated by Mihai The Brave.
	history-of-the-balkans.iqnaut.net (9306 words)

	Makedonija - The Kresna Uprising - Kresnata Ctanuvanje
		The first strike was to be launched against the Turks lodged in inns in the village of Kresna.
		After the defeat of the Turkish garrison in Kresna, the Turkish army fell into confusion and disorganization, which availed a chance for rapid advancement and the widening of captured rebel territory.
		However, after the battle on the 28th of October, the Turkish army was again forced to turn its attention to the unrest incited to its rear.
	users.tpg.com.au /gobrown/fyrom/kresna.htm (2335 words)

	List of battles 1901-2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		1912 Battle* of Lemnos (Oct 8)- Greek Marines Occupy the Ottoman held port of Moudros on the Island of Lemnos
		1942 Battle of Dieppe August 19 - "Operation Jubilee" was an Allied attack on the German occupied port of Dieppe in France.
		1944 Battle of Peleliu September 17 - A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific.
	list-of-battles-1901-2000.iqnaut.net (3313 words)

	Second Balkan War - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Kilkis-Lahanis - Bregalnica - Kalimantsi - Kresna Gorge
		After the situation on Serbian front calmed down, the Bulgarians shifted their 1st Army to support the 2nd Army facing the Greeks in the excellent defensive position of Kresna Gorge.
		Second Balkan War, Balkan wars, The Beginning of the Second Balkan War, Battle of Kilkis, Bregalnica, Kalimantsi and Kresna Gorge, End of the War, See also, Wars of Bulgaria and Wars in the Balkans.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Second_Balkan_War (1259 words)

	Struma River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Battle of Kleidion was fought by the river in 1014.
		In 1913, the Greek Army was trapped in the Kresna Gorge of the Struma during the Second Balkan War.
		The Bulgarians were defeated in the war, however, and the Treaty of Bucharest resulted in significant territorial losses for Bulgaria.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Strymon (305 words)

	History of the Balkans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The strongest Bosnian monarch was Tvrtko Kotromanić at the turn of the 14th century, who expanded his state westward to include all of Herzegovina and most of the Dalmatian coast.
		Despite winning several notable victories, notably at the famous Kosovo polje, the rebels were eventually defeated in a battle near Sarajevo in 1832 after Gradaščević was betrayed by Herzegovinian nobility.
		In harsh night-time fighting, the battle ebbed and flowed, until the Serbian line was rallied under the leadership of Stepa Stepanovic.
	koz.vianet.ca /history_of_the_balkans.htm (13863 words)

	Battle of Kresna Gorge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Kresna Gorge was fought between the Greeks and the Bulgarians during the Second Balkan War.
		The battle went for ten days and took place between the 29th July and the 7th August 1913.
		This article about a historical battle is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Kresna_Gorge (138 words)

	14, Dec-2001.
		The battle which began as early as the night of November 18 for the leadership within the BSP left the deep waters of the discreet overtures, preliminary compromises and gentlemanly agreements.
		Vladimir Simeonov The dangerous road around Kresna gorge was again stained with blood after an awful head-on car crush.
		During the winter the Kresna gorge is especially dangerous because of sharp turns and falling stones, warned the road police.
	nikushtak.tripod.com /december/id14.html (4266 words)

	::VIA PONTICA TOURS - BULGARIA INFO::
		After the battle at Acheloi, tsar Simeon proclaimed the Bulgarian church a patriarchate and himself an Emperor and autocrat of the Romans.
		In the battle of Adrianople they were defeated, sustained tremendous losses and Emperor Baldwin was taken prisoner.
		Convinced that the issue of its population which remained under the Berlin Treaty in the Ottoman empire could not be settled by diplomatic means, at the beginning of the 20-th century Bulgaria began to prepare for armed solution.
	www.viapontica.com /info-bulgaria.htm (6770 words)

	History of Athens - Balkan Wars - Athens Info Guide
		In the Battle of Kilkis, the Greek army, commanded by, now King, Constantine, heavily outnumbered the Bulgarian forces by three to one.
		It was the decisive battle on this front and the greatest Greek success in both wars.
		On 29 July the Bulgarian army launched attacks on both flanks of the excellent defensive position in Kresna Gorge pushing the Greeks down the Struma and Mesta River valleys.
	www.athensinfoguide.com /history/t8-5balkanwars.htm (628 words)

	Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas took place during the Second Balkan War between Greece and Bulgaria for the town of Kilkis in Macedonia.
		During the night of 16-17 June, 1913, the Bulgarians, without official declaration of war, attacked their former Greek and the Serbian allies, and managed to evict the Serbs from Gevgeli, cutting off communication between them and the Greeks.
		Due to its significance, the Battle of Kilkis gave its name to a Greek battleship, the Kilkis, in 1914.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Kilkis-Lahanas (303 words)

	Macedonia Under the Ottoman Empire
		The Sanjak of Kyustendil included the Nahiyes (districts) of Kratovo, Shtip, Kochani and Nagorichani (all of the Kaza of Kratovo); Strumica, Tikvesh, Melnik and Lake Doyran (the Kaza of Strumica), and Slavishte and Upper Kresna (from the Kaza of Kyustendil).
		When the Austrian army emerged from Kachanik Gorge and marched on Skopje, Picolomini wrote to Emperor Leopold informing him of his raid deep into the territories of the Ottoman Empire: "In front of us we saw a wide plain in the middle of which the town rested.
		The battle before the recently-built Kumanovo fortress was short but violent, ending in the defeat and death of most of the insurgents.
	www.unet.com.mk /mian/oto.htm (2637 words)

	Bulgarian Villa, Apartment, House and Ski Chalet Rentals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The small town is built at the northern end of the beautiful Kresna gorge of the Struma river, at the foot of the Pirin mountain.
		It became widely known for the five-month battles during the Russian-Turkish war 1877-78 as a result of which Bulgaria was liberated from the 500 years of Ottoman domination.
		Pleven became internationally famous for the five-month battles during the Russian-Turkish war 1877-78 as a result of which Bulgaria was liberated from the 500 years of Ottoman rule.
	www.rentinbulgaria.com /resorts.asp (17865 words)

	G. Ward Price. The Story of the Salonica Army. 1918. Chapters I & II. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Transport up the Kresna defile, the shortest way to Sofia, would have to be by road.
		The entrance to this ten-mile corridor is a narrow gap just wide enough for the brown, swirling river to pass between perpendicular walls of rock, 600 feet high.
		From November 4th-8th, in the battle of Katchanik, the Serbs were attacking the enemy on Velika Planina and Mount Jegovatz, the crest of which they captured.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/memoir/Salonica/salon1.htm (9447 words)

	Balkan Wars 1912-1913 - Page 5 - Balkanium
		I have read that in Kresna gorge the Greek army was not only stopped but also surrounded and close to defeat and this caused the Greek diplomats to urge a speedy armistice in Bucharest.
		I have seen that the information about the Kilkis-Lahanas battle in Wiki is not consistently presented on the two pages dedicated to the Second Balkan War and the battle itself.
		Of course,it is natural for everybody to see that during the second one,when allies have changed,friends have become foes,one should understand that going for the capital and actually taking it,it would be a definite strike for the greek army to defeat the bulgarian state.
	www.balkanium.com /forum/showthread.php?p=24810 (3902 words)

	Properties Bulgaria Bulgarian real estate news - The News as It Was: On EU Doorstep in 2006
		The ban concerns the 10km-wide zone of protection and observation established to surround areas hit by A-type flu and regions with ongoing flu vaccination.
		A Bulgarian battle unit will line up with EU military operations in the second half of 2007, Defence Minister Vesselin Bliznakov has said.
		The battle group will be ready for deployment as from the second half of 2007, he announced.
	www.landlordbg.com /news.php?id=39 (4501 words)

	Trun Things to Do Tips by Childish - VirtualTourist.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Initially the eco-trail lead the tourists just to Erma River Gorge but nowdays the eco-trail is 13.2 km long and one needs at least 8 hours to walk the whole trail.
		Starting from Trun, or more precisely from the village of Lomnitsa, you may leave your car, walk about 5-10 minutes to rach Erma River gorge, cross the river through a woden bridge and then pass through a tunnel, digged in the beginning of the 20th century for a railway project which was never completed.
		The main tourist destination in the are is the Erma River Gorge.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/9a3af/5c86e/4/?o=2 (759 words)

	Bulgaria.com - History of Bulgaria, Bulgaria in the Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In only a few weeks the Bulgarian soldiers, inspired by and imbued with the sense of doing their duty for the liberation of their captive brethren, succeeded in defeating the Turkish army half a million- strong in epical battles at Lozengrad, Luleburgaz, Petra and Seliolu.
		After a few days of disarray and partial retreat, the Bulgarian troops defeated the Serbians at Bregalnitsa and besieged the Greeks in Kresna gorge.
		The soldiers and the officers, however, clearly saw this battle as fighting for the liberation of their compatriots in Dobrudja, the section of Bulgaria taken only three years before.
	www.bulgaria.com /history/bulgaria/wars.html (2537 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - One Score and Sixteen Years Ago - A Bulgarian AAR.
		During the hot days of August 1877 epic battles took place on that mountain peak at the geographical intersection point of the Bulgarian lands.
		Following victorious battles at Sofia, Plovdiv and Sheinovo, the Ottoman military machinery was shattered, dilapidated and ruined.
		The Defense of Sofija looked as it would be a losing battle due to the vastness of the forces before us.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/printthread.php?t=167616 (7469 words)

	Ancient Greece Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		J.P.Migne - PG Paris 1866, p.94 1305 At the battle of Apros in 1305 there were five syntaxeis, differentiated by ethnicity: the Alans and Tourkopouloi in the van, followed by the Macedonians, the Anatolians, the Vlach infantry and the Thelematarioi.
		The king left the city of Skopje, taking with him men experienced in battle and a strong army and subordinated to his rule the places in the vicinity of Kastoria.
		1878 The rules of the Macedonian Rebel Commitee of the Kresna Uprising It is well known to all of us that this ill-fated country of ours, Macedonia, owing to the egoistic aims of the Great Powers, was gain left to Turkey after the Congress of Berlin.
	www.mapsgreece.info /local/ancient_greece/ancient_greece_travel.html (18112 words)

	Balkan Wars 1912-1913 - Page 4 - Balkanium
		Slavs for the whole Balkan battles you stay only in the battle that not Greek or Bulgarian won.We gave you at least 2 pages of information and you didnt present us nothing as about the Bulgarian view of...undefeated army!!!
		There followed the battles of Kilkis-Lachanas and next of Doirani, in which the Greek troops have been victorious, a fact that allowed the capture of Kilkis, Drama and Serres by the Greek army, while forces of the Greek War Navy captured Kavala and were forwarded to western Thrace.
		The main aim in that period was not the Sofia.Was Ionia and Constantinople as also you tried to doing the same think at the 1st Balkan war.To capture the City.This is the reason that you lost the Eastern Macedonia friend.
	www.balkanium.com /forum/showthread.php?p=24655 (2075 words)

	Meteoroloo.com :: Macedonia - map of macedonia
		King Alexander I of Macedon (died 450 BC) was the first Macedonian king to play a significant what weapons did macedonia use in battle role in Greek politics, promoting the adoption of the Attic dialect and culture.
		The Hellenic character of Macedon grew over the next century until, under the rule of Philip II of Macedon, Macedon extended its power in the 4th century BC over the rest of northern Greece.
		During the last 2 days the Bulgarians managed to achieve a defensive victory against the advancing Greek army in the Kresna Gorge.
	www.meteoroloo.com /Met-countries-m-r/Macedonia.html (5545 words)

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