Battle of Merhamli

Battle of Merhamli
Part of the First Balkan War
Date27 November 1912
Location
Merhamli, Adrianople Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (today Peplos, Feres, Evros, Greece)
40°57′N 26°16′E / 40.95°N 26.27°E / 40.95; 26.27
Result Bulgarian victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Nikola Genev
Aleksandar Tanev		 Mehmed Yaver (POW)
Strength
Unknown 10,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
Unknown 9,600 captured

The Battle of Merhamli was part of the First Balkan War between the armies of Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire which took place on 14/27 November 1912. After a long chase throughout Western Thrace the Bulgarian troops led by General Nikola Genev and Colonel Aleksandar Tanev surrounded the 10,000-strong Kırcaali Detachment under the command of Mehmed Yaver Pasha. Attacked in the surrounding of the village Merhamli (Now Peplos in modern Greece), only a few of the Ottomans managed to cross the Maritsa River. The rest surrendered in the following day on 28 November.

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