Battles

The Battle of Kosovo, fought on 15 June 1389, was a pivotal episode in the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. Serbian forces led by Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović faced the Ottoman Turks under Emir Murad I.

The Battle of Kukush was a clash between Bulgarian and Greek forces, part of the Greek offensive north of Thessaloniki at the beginning of the Second Balkan War. It took place from 19 to 21 June 1913, alongside the Battle of Lachanas.

The Battle of Lovech formed part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 and the Russian Western Detachment's strategy against the Ottoman Western Army entrenched at Pleven. Russian forces under Major General Prince Alexander Imeretinsky captured Lovech, cutting the most important supply route to the Ottoman army in Pleven.

The Battle of Mečkin Kamen was the largest engagement of the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising and took place near Kruševo. On 3 August 1903, the so-called "Kruševo Republic" was established.

This battle was a major clash between gendarmes and partisans during the partisan movement in Bulgaria. It took place on 4 September, when the Chepinets Partisan Brigade and the Angel Kanchev Detachment were surrounded.

The Battle of Mount Kostadin, also known as the "Shipka of the Rhodopes", was part of the Balkan War of 1912. It took place on 15 October 1912 between the Rhodope Detachment, comprising the 1st and 3rd Brigades of the 2nd Thracian Infantry Division, and the Ottoman Struma Corps.

The Battle of Nicopolis, fought on 25 September 1396, was an important event in the history of the Crusades. The campaign, sometimes called the Nicopolis Crusade, was the penultimate major crusade before the Varna Crusade of 1443–1444.

The Battle of Nova Zagora formed part of Russian efforts to obstruct the Ottoman Central Army's passage through the eastern Balkan Mountain passes and defeat Ottoman forces in the fortress quadrilateral. Fought on 18/30 July 1877, it was strategically important for operations in southern Bulgaria during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.

The Battle of Oryahovo was strategically important to the Russian and Romanian armies during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Its aim was to sever the communications line through north-western Bulgaria serving the Ottoman Western Army besieged at Pleven, thereby helping secure that town's capture.

The Battle of Pazardzhik was an Ottoman attempt to delay the Russian advance along the Pazardzhik–Plovdiv–Adrianople route after the liberation of Sofia and Sheynovo. About twenty battalions, drawn from the remnants of the Sofia and Samokov garrisons and commanded by Süleyman Pasha, held the town.

The Battle of Pelishat–Zgalevo was an Ottoman counteroffensive near Pleven intended to draw Russian attention and forces away from forthcoming operations at Lovech during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Following Russian defeats in the second assault on Pleven and at Stara Zagora, the Ottoman command gained the initiative.

The Battle of Pravets took place at an important stage of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. It was part of the Russian Western Detachment's operation to drive the Ottoman Orhaniye Army from the Orhaniye plain.