Battle of Şarköy | |||||||
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Part of First Balkan War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Bulgaria | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gen. Stiliyan Kovachev | Major Enver bey | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 19,858 officers and men, 3,744 animals, 15,405 rifles, 16 machine guns, 48 artillery, 23,542 ammunition boxes Naval: Torpedo cruiser Berk-i Satvet, cruiser Mecidiye, battleships Turgut Reis and Barbaross Hayreddin |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | 882 killed, 1,842 wounded, 55 missing Total: 2,779 |
The Battle of Şarköy or Sarkoy operation (Bulgarian: Битка при Шаркьой, Turkish: Şarköy Çıkarması) took place between 9 and 11 February 1913 during the First Balkan War between Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans attempted a counter-attack, but were defeated by the Bulgarians at the Battles of Bulair and Şarköy.