 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokukunda paHondo yeKirk KilisseMauto eBulgaria Okutanga neEchitatu akaenda kumaodzanyemba achitevera Mauto eOttoman ekuMabvazuva uye akacheka nzira yekutaurirana pakati peAdrianople neConstantinople. Chikamu chechitatu cheBalkan chakarayirwa nemutungamiriri weFirst Army kuti vagare vakakomberedza Adrianople, kuti vadzivirire kumashure kweuto uye vashande pamwe neChipiri Hondo. Nhare iyi yava kunzi yakaparadzaniswa chose chose, mutungamiri wayo Shukru Pasha akarayira kurwisa patsva musi wa 16 Gumiguru nemabhatani gumi nemasere ehondo achipikisa mabhirigedhi ehondo eBulgaria 38, 19 uye 29 asi yakakurumidza kukundikana uye mauto eTurkey akadzokera kunzvimbo yavo huru yekudzivirira. Pazuva rimwe chetero nemasimba avo makuru akabatanidzwa paLule Burgas vaBulgaria vakasarudza kupedzisa kukomberedza nhare. Maviri emabhirigadi eDhivhizheni yechi9 akatumirwa kunobatsira Mauto echitatu apo nzvimbo yavo yakatorwa ne11th Mixed Infantry Division ichangobva kuumbwa. Pakazosvika 26 Gumiguru nhare yakanga yadzimwa zvachose asi mitsetse yeBulgaria yakanga yakanyanyisa uye yakachengetwa nemauto mashoma kwazvo munzvimbo dzakawanda. Vakuru vakuru veBulgaria vakashandisa chibvumirano chakanga chatoitwa neSerbia, icho chakabvumidza kuiswa kwemauto eSerbia muEastern Thrace, kusimbisa maBulgaria nemapoka maviri eSerbian Second Army. Pakuvamba kwaNovember mauto okupedzisira eSerbia akanga asvika. Nekutarisa kwevaBulgaria kwakanangana neCatalca mutsara kuyedza kutsva kwevaOttomans kuputsa kukombwa kwakadzoserwa musi wa29 na30 Gumiguru. Kusvikira kugadziriswa kwekutanga kwehondo kwapera, Second Army yakaganhurira mabasa ayo kusimbisa kukomberedza uye kupfura nhare kuitira kuderedza tsika dzevadziviriri vayo. 