Battle of Merhamli

The Battle of Merhamli took place when the Kardzhali Detachment and the Composite Cavalry Brigade, led by General Nikola Genev and Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandar Tanev, caught up with Yaver Pasha's retreating Ottoman armies. 

The Bulgarian troops defeated the Ottomans. With the defeat at Merhamli, the Ottoman Empire finally lost control of Western Thrace. The Bulgarian positions along the lower Maritsa River and on the approaches to Constantinople were stabilised. Through their successful operations, the Composite Cavalry Brigade and the Kardzhali Detachment secured the rear of the Second Army, which was besieging Edirne, and also facilitated the supply of the First and Third Armies stationed near Çatalca.