Battle of Pirot
| Battle of Pirot | |||||||
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| Part of Serbo-Bulgarian War | |||||||
Street fighting in Pirot | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Bulgaria | Serbia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Alexander I Danail Nikolaev |
Milan I Petar Topalović | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Western Army | Nišava Army | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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45,000 80 guns |
40,000 84 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2,500 killed or wounded | 2,000 killed or wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Pirot (Bulgarian: Битка при Пирот Serbian: Битка код Пирота) took place during the Serbo-Bulgarian War between 26 and 27 November, 1885[a] near the town of Pirot, Serbia. The battle opposed the Bulgarian Western Corps to the Serbian Nišava Army and ended with a Bulgarian victory and the signing of an armistice. The battle led to the treaty of Bucharest ending the Serbo-Bulgarian War restoring peace between the two countries.