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Siege of Adrianople (1913)

Name: Siege of Adrianople (1913)
Start: 1913
Location: Edirne

Campaign · 1913

The siege of Adrianople was a 1913 siege by the Ottoman Empire of Adrianople (modern-day Edirne, Turkey), which was defended by Bulgaria during the Second Balkan War. The Ottoman Empire recaptured Edirne.

About the event

Date	22–23 July 1913
Location	Edirne
Result	Ottoman victory
Territorial changes	In addition to Edirne, Kırklareli and Dimetoka join the Ottoman lands.

Belligerents	Ottoman Empire	Tsardom of Bulgaria
Commanders	Enver Pasha Talat Pasha Ahmet İzzet Pasha	Vulko Velchev

This event in the atlas

Took place during the reign of Mehmed V (1909–1918). Mehmed V

The atlas records this territorial change for the year:

− Macedonia (Skopje–Bitola) (loss, 1913)
− Southern and Central Albania (Vlorë–Berat–Elbasan) (loss, 1913)
− Aegean Islands (Lesbos–Lemnos–Samos) (loss, 1913)
− Chios (loss, 1913)
− Western Thrace (Komotini–Kavala) (loss, 1913)
− Thessaloniki–Chalkidiki–Mount Athos (loss, 1913)
− Kosovo (loss, 1913)
− Northern Albania (Krujë–Shkodër) (loss, 1913)
− Ioannina (Epirus) (loss, 1913)
− Crete (loss, 1913)

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Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), adapted for the atlas.