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Date November 3, 1912 - March 26, 1913
Location Edirne • Turkey
Participants Bulgaria • Ottoman Empire • Serbia
Context Balkan Wars

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Bulgarian siege gun at the Battle of Adrianople
Siege of Adrianople
November 3, 1912 - March 26, 1913
Second Balkan War
June 29, 1913 - August 10, 1913
Treaty of Bucharest
August 10, 1913

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