The Battle of Slivnitsa was a victory of the Bulgarian army over the Serbians on 17–19 November 1885 in the Serbo-Bulgarian War. It solidified the unification between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
Alexander of Battenberg on the battlefield of Dragoman
The Bulgarian Army Also called The Bulgarian Armed Forces is the military of Bulgaria. The commander-in-chief is the president of Bulgaria. The Ministry of Defense is responsible for political leadership, while overall military command is in the hands of the Defense Staff, headed by the Chief of the Defense. There are three main branches of the Bulgarian military, named literally the Land Forces, the Air Forces and the Naval Forces.
Bulgarian militiamen from the Ganchev Detachment in the region of Western Bulgaria, ca. 1900
A camel caravan of the Bulgarian 17th Regiment carrying supplies for the Çatalca operation, 1912
Soldiers preparing for an assault against Adrianople, 1912
Gen. Nikola Zhekov, Commander-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Army during World War I