 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Makore mashoma mushure mekusunungurwa kweBulgaria muna 1878, varudzi veBulgaria vakaronga coup mudunhu reOttoman reEastern Rumelia uye vakazivisa kubatanidzwa kwayo neHurumende yeBulgaria. Umambo hweSerbia hwakaramba kusimbisa muvengi waro. Mambo weSerbia Milan I akazivisa hondo kuBulgaria musi wa14 Mbudzi 1885, asi mauto eSerbia akakundwa zvine mutsindo paHondo yeSlivnitsapakati pa 17 na 19 November. Kumwe kukunda kwakasarudzika kweBulgaria kwakaitika paGurgulyat, uko varwi veBulgaria nevazvipiri vehurumende vakarwa nechikamu cheSerb Moravian uye vakachidzivirira kubva mukusimbisa simba guru reSerbia paSlivnitsa. 