Andronikos III defeats the Bulgarian army

The Bulgarian army was defeated in a night battle by Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos's forces. After the capture of Plovdiv, Tsar George II Terter sent Bulgarian detachments towards Adrianople, where they began devastating the surrounding fortresses.

The young emperor, then in Didymoteichon, had a large army and decided to pursue the Bulgarians. He attacked them at night near the frontier and inflicted a heavy defeat.