Balkan Wars

First Battle of Çatalca
Ottoman retreat from Lule Burgas to Chataldja ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1912 Nov 17 - Nov 18

First Battle of Çatalca

Çatalca, İstanbul, Türkiye

The First Battle of Çatalca was one of the heaviest battles of the First Balkan War fought between 17 and 18 November 1912. It was initiated as an attempt of the combined Bulgarian First and Third armies, under the overall command of lieutenant general Radko Dimitriev, to defeat the Ottoman Çatalca Army and break through the last defensive line before the capital Constantinople. The high casualties however forced the Bulgarians to call off the attack.[48]

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