In 1885, the first Balkan war broke out, and the Romanian Red Cross proposed to the governments of two countries - Bulgaria and Serbia to accept an ambulance to cary the wounded. Immediately after receiving the agreement, two Romanian Red Cross ambulances had left the country, providing medical assistance to a total of 625 wounded and sick. Romanian sanitary formations deployed in Serbia and took care of three hospitals with a total of 110 beds. Material effort of the Romanian Red Cross amounted to 40 000 lei at the time.