debts equaled 100 billion leva. In September 1915 Captain Nedev was appointed procurement officer on the staff of the 8th Division in Stara Zagora. During the war he served at the division's headquarters. In the battles for Tutrakan he was the battery commander. In July 1916 he was the commander of the new howitzer battery, part of the 2nd heavy artillery regiment, fighting in Dobrudja. In 1917 Captain Nedev was the operational head of section to the staff of the army. As adjutant in the 9th Pleven's infantry division he fought at the military positions for Dojran until the end of the war in 1918. After the First World War On 16 June 1919 Major Nedev was appointed as vice-chairman of the historical department to the staff of the army. This post was very close to his calling; at this point he collected the historical material for the books he would later write. At the beginning of 1920 Nedev was the cabinet's delegated military representative to the Occupying Commission in Bulgaria. Its task was to control the provisions of the Neuilly Peace Treaty, defining the territory, borders, reparations, and demilitarization. The government chose Nedev for his reputation as a truly loyal, brave, military patriot, fluent French, Italian and German. Thanks to his tact and diplomatic skills, and granted favorable conditions, he managed to negotiate a small territorial benefit; the southern border was moved a few kilometers into Greece's territory. In 1922 Nedev along with those who had not graduated from the Higher Military Schools in Saint Petersburg defended his doctoral thesis and was declared graduated from the Ecole de guerre. In the same year he was appointed to the headquarters of the army and lectured on military history in the Sofia Military School. Between 25 August 1923 and 13 September 1924 Lieutenant Colonel Nedev was the commander of the 18th Infantry Battalion in Veliko Tarnovo. In September 1924 he was commander of the tactical training on the staff of the 1st Infantry Battalion in Sofia. and in 1927 he became chief of staff. From 1925 until 1928 Lieutenant Colonel Nedev was the head of the Military Intelligence in Bulgaria. Literary activity While defending Dojran, Nedev came up with the idea to record the bravery of the Bulgarian soldiers of Pleven's regiment. In 1921 he wrote the book The Dojran epic – 1915–1918. It tells of the victory of Plevan's 9th