The Serbian attack started on November 2, when the Royal Serbian Army launched an attack within 3–4 hours of late in for directions towards Sofia, and in every direction, there was a single division. The forces ratio before the battle was 7:1 in Serbian favor.
Plan of the battle The Danube Division was tasked to enter Bulgarian territory, capture Caribrod, come to line
Kalotina –
Vishan, and to take the
Dragoman pass. In that way, the
Danube Division will be able to support the
Šumadija Division on the right side. Forces of the Danube Division, commanded by General Milutin Jovanović, were divided into two columns. The division's right column was composed of the 7th Serbian Infantry Regiment that attacked from
Srećkovac to
Željuša and continued to Caribrod and the left column was composed of the 9th Infantry Regiment, which had to pass the village of
Činiglavci and continue to Caribrod. Cavalry Brigade, commanded by Colonel Jovan Praporčetović, and the 19th Guard Battalion with one artillery battery were positioned near
Tepoš village. They had the task to pass the state border, reach villages
Odorovci and attack finish on line
Stanyantsi –
Izvor.
Drina Division, commanded by Colonel Jovan Mišković, was left in reserve until the main forces passed
Sukovo Bridge. Šumadija Division, commanded by Colonel Stevan Binički, was in the valley of
Jerma river, which was also the direction of progressing towards Bulgaria.
Morava Division, commanded by Colonel Petar Topalović, had task to control road Pirot –
Tran and take the final town on that road. Captain Hristo Popov commanded the Caribrod Detachment. His detachment comprised one infantry battalion, three opalchentsi companies, and one cavalry squadron.
Realisation of the plan All Serbian divisions very soon after the start of the attack made contact with Bulgarians and had great fire resistance. Morava Division was stopped for about two hours by
Opalchentsi detachment with 60 fighters after passing the border near
Daschen pass. Later division stayed on
Ruj Mountain where stayed during the night because of fog without any greater success. Šumadija Division was stopped by a small battalion of Captain Andrei Bukureshtliev (4th Plevne Infantry Regiment) on the road between
Planinci and
Banjski Dol. Danube Division only had approximate success to the planned one. Caribrod Detachment resisted to Danube Division near Caribrod for a bit of time and at 16:30 Serbs captured Caribrod but they couldn't continue to the planned line
Kalotina–
Vishan. Because of no need to make unnecessary casualties, the Caribrod Detachment retreated to its positions near Dragoman. The right column stopped its attack in
Lukavica village where forces stayed during the night. Cavalry Brigade awaited the 19th Infantry Regiment and an artillery battery to be sent to their positions. Cavalry Brigade launched an attack at 14:00 and on the night came to the
Smilovci village where it was waited by the badly fortified detachment of Bahchevanov (one infantry battalion, one cavalry squadron, and 4 cannons). In the night that detachment together retreated to Stanyantsi village to avoid any unnecessary casualties. The battle was concluded without any major Bulgarian casualties and also without great territorial success as the Royal Serbian Army was only able to advance 5 kilometres into Bulgarian territory. == See also ==