The Second Army of the Ottoman Empire was one of the field armies of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the late 19th century during Ottoman military reforms. Order of battle, 1877 In 1877, it was stationed in what is now Bulgaria. It was composed of: 1st Infantry Division 2nd Infantry Division Cavalry Division field artillery regiment fortress artillery regiment Upon mobilization for the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), the second army was split in two; these were named as Eastern Danube Army and Western Danube Army. Order of battle, 1908 After the Young Turk Revolution and the establishment of the Second Constitutional Era on 3 July 1908, new government initiate a major military reform. Army headquarters were modernized. The army headquarter established in Adrianople. Its operational area was Thrace, the Dardanelles, and it had units in Europe and Asia Minor. It commanded the following active divisions: The Second Army also had inspectorate functions for six Redif or reserve divisions and one brigade: 2nd Army 3rd Division, 4th Division, 20th Division, 21st Division 2nd Cavalry Division 2nd Artillery Division Adrianople Fortress Artillery Regiment Redif of 2nd Army (name of the division denotes its location) 35th Çanakkale Redif Division 6th Bandırma Redif Division 7th Afyonkarahisar Redif Division 8th Konya Redif Division 25th Adrianople Redif Division 26th Kırcaali Redif Division 53rd Kırk Kilise Redif Brigade The Army also had 34 machine gun detachments. Order of battle, 1911 With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the Army was headquartered in Salonika. It now had responsibility for the Balkans and operational control over forces in Syria and Palestine. The Army included two inspectorates, the Second in the Balkans and the Fifth in Syria. The Army at the start of the First Balkan War in 1912 was structured as such: (place names given are ones the Ottomans used at that time) Second Army Headquarters: Salonika V Corps, Salonika 13th Infantry Division, Salonika 14th Infantry Division, Serez 15th Infantry Division, Usturumca 6th Cavalry Brigade, Gevgili VI Corps, Monastir 16th Infantry Division, İştip 17th Infantry Division, Monastir 18th Infantry Division, Debre 7th Cavalry Brigade, Monastir VII Corps, Üsküp (Skopje) 19th Infantry Division, Üsküp 20th Infantry Division, Metroviçe 21st Infantry Division, Yakova 8th Cavalry Brigade, Üsküp Independent divisions: 22nd Infantry Division, Kozana 23rd Infantry Division, Yanya 24th Infantry Division, İşkodra VIII Corps, Damascus, Syria 25th Infantry Division, Dera 26th