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	Serbo-Bulgarian War Information
		As it happened, the Ottomans did not choose to intervene and the Serbian army's advance was stopped after the Battle of Slivnitsa.
		After the defensive battles at Slivnitsa and Vidin, Bulgaria began an offensive which took the city of Pirot.
		Slivnitsa was the decisive battle of the war.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Serbo-Bulgarian_War (1953 words)

	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)

	Slivnitza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The position consisted of nearly 4km of trenches and artillery redoubts either side of the main road on a ridge in front of Slivnitsa village.
		Slivnitsa was the decisive battle of the war.
		The main amendment was the balance of steel to bronze artillery given the clear description of Bulgarian artillery outshooting the Serbians on the first two days of the battle.
	members.aol.com /balkandave/slivniza.htm (1258 words)

	A History of Bulgaria
		In 811 the Byzantine Emperor, Nicephorus was killed in battle.
		In 1330 the Bulgarians were defeated by the Serbians at the battle of Velbuzhd.
		However they were crushed at the battle of Slivnitsa.
	www.localhistories.org /bulgaria.html (2165 words)

	[en] History [Archive] - Page 9 - SUNFLOWERS Community Boards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The battles are led on the whole front, on the flanks and in the centre.
		In the battles at Slivnitsa the Bulgarian army, commanded by its young officers, spreads to the whole world the glory of the Bulgarian weapons.
		After the decisive battle at Slivnitsa on the 7th/19th of November the Serbs are forced to withdraw along the whole front line.
	forum.sunflowers.de /archive/index.php/t-4779-p-9.html (5769 words)

	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : 1885 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Cree and Assiniboine warriors won the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
		Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald considered the project to be vital to Canada due to the exponentially greater potential for military mobility.
		November 14-November 28 - Serbo-Bulgarian War: Serbia declares war against Bulgaria but is defeated in Battle of Slivnitsa on November 17-November 19.
	encyclopedia.us-bazaar.com /?title=1885 (1549 words)

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		A fierce battle ensued in July 796, near the fortress of Markella in Eastern Thrace, and the Byzantines suffered a crushing defeat.
		A memorable battle was fought by the town of Versinikia, not far from Adrianople, on 22 June 813.
		In the battle for the survival of his people and his state, Samuil gained the reputation of an able commander and politician and earned the love of his subjects.
	courses.wcupa.edu /rbove/eco343/050Compecon/Centeur/Bulgaria/BulgariaHistory.txt (22991 words)

	The Cockpit of Europe: wars, battles, and military history of the Balkans and the Balkan peoples (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Battle of Dorostol 971 Saturday, 2/21/04, 6:36 AM fought on the Danube by Svyatoslav of Kiev - he may originally have been a Varangian Swedish Viking, who ascended the rivers leading into Russia from the Baltic, and founded principalities at Kiev and other places.
		Battle of Plevna 1877 Wednesday, 10/30/02, 11:46 AM prior to the Russo-Turkish War of 1877 Plevna was a small and unknown town without fortifications.
		The Battle of Slivnitsa 1885 - Serbo-Bulgarian War Prince Eugene in Eastern Europe 1683 - 1697 Castles on the Danube.
	britishbattles.homestead.com /balkans.html (3639 words)

	Serbo-Bulgarian War
		After the defensive battles at Slivnitsa and Vidin, Bulgaria began an offensive which took the city of Pirot.
		The drawback of this plan was that in that case, the capital Sofia had to be surrendered without battle.
		Slivnitsa was the decisive battle of the war.
	serbo-bulgarian-war.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Serbo-Bulgarian_War (2728 words)

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		On October 24, after a battle at Gorni Dubinck, he took 4000 prisoners, and cut off the communication between Plevna, Orkhanie, and Sofia; the Rumanians at the same time established themselves on the line to Riachovo.
		Admiral Togo met the enemy in what is known as the naval battle of the Sea of Japan, off the coast of the Okino and Orleung Islands, on May 27 and 28.
		Soon after the battle of the Sea of Japan the President of the United States took a step which solved the difficulty of bringing about negotiations between the two combatants.
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	1885 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Cree and Assiniboine warriors won the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
		Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald considered the project to be vital to Canada due to the exponentially greater potential for military mobility.
		November 16 - Canadian rebel leader of the Métis, Louis Riel is executed for high treason.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/1885 (1408 words)

	Slivnitsa 1885
		The position consisted of nearly 4km of trenches and artillery redoubts either side of the main road on a ridge in front of Slivnitsa village.
		The main amendment was the balance of steel to bronze artillery given the clear description of Bulgarian artillery outshooting the Serbians on the first two days of the battle.
		There is a memorial to the battle (left) in the village centre.
	www.balkanhistory.com /slivnitsa_1885.htm (1389 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)

	Features
		Vlad the Impaler confronts the Ottoman Empire in a battle known as 'The Night Attack'.
		The decisive battle of the Servo-Bulgarian War of 1885 together with pictures of the battlefield today.
		Battle between Hungarian forces and Bosnians with Ottoman allies.
	www.balkanhistory.com /features.htm (364 words)

	1885 - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		May 9-12 - Canadian government forces inflict decisive defeat on Métis rebels at the Battle of Batoche.
		November 14-28 - Serbo-Bulgarian War: Serbia declares war against Bulgaria but is defeated in Battle of Slivnitsa on November 17-19.
		November 16 - Canadian rebel leader of the Métis, Louis Riel is executed for high treason.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/1/8/8/1885.html (1197 words)

	Recovering Macedonia by Risto Stefov - Part 13
		The monk Makarios, from the village of Zrze, painted the icon of the Virgin of Pelagonia in 1422, and the portrait of Kupen, painted in 1607, was in the Church of the Holy Virgin at Slivnitsa Monastery in the village of Slivnitsa in the Prespa district.
		After a fierce battle the Turks recaptured the town of Negush and persecutions and pillaging followed.
		There I fought long and blood-shedding battles until the destruction of Negush, where my beloved children and my wife were taken, prisoner, but, thank God, they are now alive, although in a hostile country (exposed) to the will of the barbarians.
	maknews.com /html/articles/stefov/stefov106.html (5569 words)

	1885 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		* May 9- 12 - Canadian government forces inflict decisive defeat on Métis rebels at the Battle of Batoche.
		Prime Minister John A. Macdonald considered the project to be vital to Canada.
		* November 14- 28 - Serbo-Bulgarian War: Serbia declares war against Bulgaria but is defeated in Battle of Slivnitsa on November 17- 19.
	wapipedia.org /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=1885 (949 words)

	Iskar Gorge Bulgaria - Travel Guide, Tours, Hotels and Photos
		Ages ago it was here, that the army of Tsar Ivan Shishman (1323-1333) engaged into a fierce battle with the enemies of the kingdom.
		After the battle, they collected the skulls of the dead and made a heap of them on the spot, where the monastery is located today.
		Maybe it was in honour of our ancestors or maybe it was to help their souls rest in piece that a monastery was built on this spot and it was named the Cherepish Monastery (in Bulgarian '"cherep'" means '"sculp'").
	www.picturesofbulgaria.com /article/iskar_gorge.html (2102 words)

	1885 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		* May 9- 12 - Canadian government forces inflict decisive defeat on MÃ©tis rebels at the Battle of Batoche.
		Prime Minister John A. Macdonald considered the project to be vital to Canada.
		* November 14- 28 - Serbo-Bulgarian War: Serbia declares war against Bulgaria but is defeated in Battle of Slivnitsa on November 17- 19.
	www.wapipedia.org /wikipedia/topic.aspx?cur_title=1885 (978 words)

	FOCUS Information Agency
		“This was the fact during the Balkan wars when our brave soldiers were winning one battle after another but the incompetent diplomacy was destroying everything in the greatness of the event.
		While we have a wide panorama of reasons and factors of diplomatic preparation, from wisdom to fighting glory at Slivnitsa, Vidin and Dragoman”, added Pantev.
		The historian remembered that when the Unification was announced in the town of Plovdiv the figures of the national liberation movement in Macedonia and Odrin.
	www.focus-fen.net /index.php?id=n95352 (178 words)

	The Aftermath, and Prince Alexander of Battenberg
		Prince Alexander, the bulk of whose army was on the Turkish frontier, boldly took up the challenge.
		On November 18 took place the battle of Slivnitsa, a small town about twenty miles north-west of Sofia, in which the Bulgarians were completely victorious.
		Prince Alexander, after hard fighting, took Pirot in Serbia on November 27, having refused King Milan's request for an armistice, and was marching on Nish, when Austria intervened, and threatened to send troops into Serbia unless fighting ceased.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/Balkans/00000021.htm (1142 words)

	Bulgaria - THE DECADES OF NATIONAL CONSOLIDATION
		Greece and Serbia saw their interests threatened, and the latter declared war on Bulgaria.
		The Bulgarian army won a brilliant victory over Serbia, with no Russian aid, at the Battle of Slivnitsa.
		Although the victory was a source of great national pride for Bulgaria, Russia continued to withhold recognition of the union with Eastern Rumelia until Prince Alexander abdicated.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-1862.html (718 words)

	The Throes of Regeneration: Independent Serbia
		In 1885, when Bulgaria and 'Eastern Rumelia' successfully coalesced and Bulgaria thereby received a considerable increase of territory and power, the Serbs, prompted by jealousy, began to grow restless, and King Milan, at the instigation of Austria, foolishly declared war on Prince Alexander of Battenberg.
		This speedily ended in the disastrous battle of Slivnitsa (cf.
		II); Austria had to intervene to save its victim, and Serbia got nothing for its trouble but a large increase of debt and a considerable decrease of military reputation.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/Balkans/00000028.htm (2581 words)

	Today in History - November 19 - Message Board - ezboard.com
		Chaplain Watters was serving with the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry when it conducted an attack against North Vietnamese forces entrenched on Hill 875 during the Battle of Dak To.
		Once he was satisfied that all of the wounded were inside the perimeter, he busied himself helping the medics, applying bandages, and providing spiritual strength and support.
		According to reports filed by survivors of the battle, Father Watters was on his knees giving last rites to a dying soldier when an American bomber accidentally dropped a 500-pound bomb onto the group of paratroopers.
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	1885 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Cree and Assiniboine warriors won the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
		May 9-May 12 - Canadian government forces inflict decisive defeat on MÃ©tis rebels at the Battle of Batoche.
		November 14-November 28 - Serbo-Bulgarian War: Serbia declares war against Bulgaria but is defeated in Battle of Slivnitsa on November 17-November 19.
	www.zdnet.co.za /1/8/8/1885.html (1551 words)

	NOTES FROM HISTORY: For God and country - Features news
		The Serbs launched their offensive on November 6, but despite the numerical supremacy of the enemy, the Bulgarians managed to hold their positions and repelled Serbian attacks.
		Soaked, hungry and with torn boots, some barefoot, they joined the battle and drove the Serbs away from Slivnitsa.
		Bulgaria’s counterattack was launched and the Serbs were defeated near Dragoman and then in Pirot, on their own territory.
	www.sofiaecho.com /article/notes-from-history-for-god-and-country/id_17369/catid_29 (1004 words)

	Serbo-Bulgarian War 1885
		Serbian advance in mountainous terrain which favoured the defence.
		defensive position at Slivnitsa, 30km north-west of Sofia.
		side of the main road on a ridge in front of Slivnitsa village.
	hometown.aol.com /bogdanovaslava/1885War.html (973 words)

	Topica Email List Directory
		Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the charismatic leader of the ruling party was appointed Turkey's prime minister yesterday, clearing the way for a fresh vote on U.S. troop deployment.
		The issue of re-stationing of U.S. troops deployed to eastern Europe and Bulgaria in particular was brought up by the Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Svinarov after his return from a U.S. visit in end-February 2003.
		So, contrary to expectations, Putin could have a real battle on his hands in the next 12 months.
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	1885@Everything2.com
		Serbia, fearing the enlarged Bulgarian state, promptly launches an invasion with the tacit approval of Austria-Hungary, only to be defeated and turned back by a hastily mustered untrained Bulgarian army at the Battle of Slivnitsa.
		The Métis score a small triumph at the Battle of Cut Knife, but the rebellion is crushed at the Battle of Batoche, in which the Métis run out of ammunition and are forced to resort to firing pebbles from their guns.
		The Indian National Congress, now known as the Congress Party, is established in Bombay by leading intellectuals for the purpose of gaining a larger say in the administration of India.
	www.everything2.com /index.pl?node=1885 (620 words)

	Bulgaria Bulgarian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Bulgarian national sport federation, which controlled and headed the football in Bulgaria until September 9 1944, was founded on December 16-17 1923.
		defeat on Métis rebels at the Battle of Batoche.
		Serbo-Bulgarian War: Serbia declares war against Bulgaria but is defeated in Battle of Slivnitsa on November 17-19.
	tennisplayers.usamsoc.com /bulgariabulgarian.html (936 words)

	The Balkans by Nevill Forbes, Arnold J. Toynbee, D. Mitrany, D.G. Hogarth - Full Text Free Book (Part 2/6)
		in 1371 at the battle of the Maritsa, and was rendered inevitable by the
		in this illusion by the battle of Lepanto (1571).
		jealousy, and the memory of Slivnitsa was not yet obliterated.
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