Great War Spearhead Scenario: 1^st Balkan War

Battle of Seliolu - Thrace 22/23 October 1912

 It is October 1912 - the outset of the First Balkan War. Three Bulgarian armies are advancing into Ottoman Thrace. 2^nd Army is covering Adrianople the main Ottoman base. 1^st Army is advancing in the centre partly masking the 3^rd Army’s sweep around the Ottoman right flank to the fortress town of Kirk Kilisse.

 In the centre the Ottoman 1^st Army Corps is moving slowing north and its advance guard encounters cavalry elements of the Bulgarian 1^st Army advancing towards the village of Seliolu. Under cover of this advanced guard the Ottoman commander orders his forces to hold the village and the surrounding hills. They arrive in the dark and construct hasty trench defences on high ground either side of the village

 Three Brigades of the Bulgarian 1^st Division (General Tosheff) are ordered to clear the Turks from Seliolu. However, the brigades became scattered in the night and only two brigades and six batteries are in position for the battle. They must press on quickly to keep the Turks focussed away from the 3^rd Army’s flanking attack.

Bulgarian 1^st Division (all regular)

 Divisional HQ 

4 Infantry Regiments each with:

1          Regt HQ

1          MG

4          Infantry Battalions each with:

4          Infantry Stands

 

6          75mm Guns

2          Cavalry Stands

 

Ottoman Forces (all regular)

 

Divisional HQ

 

3 Infantry Regiments each with:

1          Regt HQ

1          MG

3          Infantry battalions each with:

4          Infantry Stands

 

3          75mm Guns

 

Advanced Guard

4          Cavalry Stands

4          Rifle Stands

  

Additional scenario option.

4 moves after general fighting begins a regiment from the Bulgarian 4^th Division appears on the baseline in front of the Ottoman right attracted by the ‘sound of the guns’.