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Battle of Slivnitsa | |||||||
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Part of the Serbo-Bulgarian War | |||||||
Alexander of Battenberg on the battlefield of Dragoman | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Bulgaria | Serbia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Alexander I | Milan I | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
12,000 in the beginning; 32,000 by 17 November | 25,000 in the beginning; 40,000 by 17 November | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,800 | 2,100 |
The Battle of Slivnitsa (Bulgarian: Битка при Сливница, Serbian: Битка на Сливници) was a battle between the Bulgarian army over the Royal Serbian Army on 17–19 November 1885, in the Serbo-Bulgarian War. The Bulgarian victory solidified the unification between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.