page_title: Siege of Adrianople (1912–1913)
hierarchical_section_title: Siege of Adrianople (1912–1913)
caption_attribution_description: English: Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?pp/PPALL:@field(NUMBER+@1(ggbain+11202)) TITLE: Siege artillery arriving before Adrianople, Nov. 3, 1912 CALL NUMBER: LC-B2- 2483-14[P&amp;P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ggbain-11202 (digital file from original negative) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. MEDIUM: 1 negative&#160;: glass&#160;; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Nov. 3, 1912. CREATOR: Bain News Service, publisher.
context_page_description: The Battle of Adrianople, or Siege of Adrianople, was fought during the First Balkan War. It began in mid-November 1912 and ended on 26 March 1913 with the capture of Edirne by the Bulgarian 2nd Army and the Serbian 2nd Army.
  The loss of Edirne delivered the final decisive blow on the Ottoman army and brought the First Balkan War to a close. A treaty was signed in London on 30 May. The city was reoccupied and retained by the Ottomans during the Second Balkan War.
  The victorious end of the siege was considered to be an enormous military success because the city's defenses had been carefully developed by leading German siege experts and called 'undefeatable'. The Bulgarian army, after five months of siege and two bold night attacks, took the Ottoman stronghold.
  The victors were under the overall command of General Nikola Ivanov, and the commander of the Bulgarian forces on the eastern sector of the fortress was General Georgi Vazov, the brother of the famous Bulgarian writer Ivan Vazov and of General Vladimir Vazov.
context_section_description: The Battle of Adrianople, or Siege of Adrianople (Bulgarian: Обсада на Одрин, Serbian: Опсада Једрена, Turkish: Edirne Kuşatması), was fought during the First Balkan War. It began in mid-November 1912 and ended on 26 March 1913 with the capture of Edirne (Adrianople) by the Bulgarian 2nd Army and the Serbian 2nd Army.
  The loss of Edirne delivered the final decisive blow on the Ottoman army and brought the First Balkan War to a close. A treaty was signed in London on 30 May. The city was reoccupied and retained by the Ottomans during the Second Balkan War.
  The victorious end of the siege was considered to be an enormous military success because the city's defenses had been carefully developed by leading German siege experts and called 'undefeatable'. The Bulgarian army, after five months of siege and two bold night attacks, took the Ottoman stronghold.
  The victors were under the overall command of General  Nikola Ivanov, and the commander of the Bulgarian forces on the eastern sector of the fortress was General Georgi Vazov, the brother of the famous Bulgarian writer Ivan Vazov and of General Vladimir Vazov.
  One early use of an airplane for bombing took place during the siege: the Bulgarians dropped special hand grenades from one or more airplanes in an effort to cause panic among Ottoman soldiers. Many young Bulgarian officers and professionals who took part in this decisive battle of the First Balkan War would later play important roles in Bulgarian politics, culture, commerce and industry.
caption: Siege artillery arriving before Adrianople, 3 November 1912.
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