{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Battle of Tran | width = | partof = Serbo-Bulgarian War | image = Monument1885Tran.JPG | image_size = | alt = | caption = A memorial to those killed in the battle | date = November 3, 1885 | place = Tran, Pernik, Bulgaria | coordinates = <!--Use the {{coord}} template --> | map_type = | map_relief = | map_size = | map_marksize = | map_caption = | map_label = | territory = | result = Bulgarian victory | status = | combatants_header = | combatant1 = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Serbia}} | combatant2 = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bulgaria}} | combatant3 = | commander1 = {{flagdeco|Kingdom of Serbia}} Petar Topalović | commander2 = {{flagdeco|Kingdom of Bulgaria}} Nikola Genev | commander3 = | units1 = Moravian Division | units2 = Tran Detachment | units3 = | strength1 = | strength2 = | strength3 = | casualties1 = 9 killed, 77 wounded | casualties2 = 4 killed, 40 wounded | casualties3 = | notes = | campaignbox = {{campaignbox Serbo-Bulgarian War}} }}
The '''Battle of Tran''' or the '''Battle of Trun''' took place during the Serbo-Bulgarian War between the Moravian Division commanded by Petar Topalović and the Tran Detachment commanded by Nikola Genev.
==The Battle== The battle began on the morning of November 3 between the vanguard of the Moravian Division and those taken to the peaks of Golemi Rui and Mali Rui, covering the Bulgarian companies. The serious resistance of the companies led the commander of the Moravian Division to introduce the 14th Serbian Infantry Regiment into battle, and later against the village of Turokovtsi was included the 2nd Company of the 2nd Serbian Infantry Regiment.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Защо ми е живот, когато нямам Отечество?" – последната битка на подпоручик Георги Ангелов|url=https://bulgarianhistory.org/georgi-angelov/|website=Bulgarian History|date=4 November 2020 |language=bg|access-date=May 6, 2022}}</ref>
The Serbs, with considerable numerical superiority, resumed the offensive. The 2nd and 4th companies of the 3rd Bdina Regiment opposed the pressure on the northern flank. However, the Serbs reached the trenches and went into hand-to-hand combat. The officers personally lead their soldiers. Platoon commander Georgi Tonev, gave the command "Forward!", "Hurray!", And the whole platoon followed the example of their commander. This resulted in massive damage was inflicted on the Serbian front lines and the offensive was stopped.
The Moravian Division retreated to the peak of Golemi Rui, and its artillery occupied firing positions in the area of the villages of Zabel and Turokovtsi.
In the evening at 11 pm, the commander of the Tran detachment, Nikola Genev, received an order,<ref>ЦДИА, ф. 52, оп. 1, а. е. 226, л. 29, Ориг. Ръкоп.</ref> due to the retreat of the Serbian positions near Vrabcha and the detachment also began to retreat to the Trun-Breznik road as Milan I offered to begin peace negotiations.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Simeon Radev|title=The Builders of Modern Bulgaria|volume=I|url=https://www.slovo.bg/showwork.php3?AuID=101&WorkID=4482&Level=3|date=1910|access-date=May 6, 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
== Bibliography == * {{Cite book | title = Съединението 1885 - енциклопедичен справочник | publisher = Държавно издателство „д-р Петър Берон“ | location = Sofia | date = 1985}} * Христов, Х. и др., ''Сръбско-българската война 1885. Сборник документи'', Sofia, 1985, Военно издателство
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