378,996 and artillery guns by 112 to 1228. Still according to the mobilization plans of the General Staff the army was supposed to have 483,674 rifles and 117,733 which showed that, like the manpower deficit, the material shortages had not been dealt with by the time the war began. GHQ The nominal commander in chief of the Bulgarian Army was Tsar Ferdinand I but de facto its control and leadership were initially in the hands of his deputy Lieutenant-General Mihail Savov. The Chief of the General Staff Major-General Ivan Fichev opposed the war and was officially in resignation, though de facto he was never dismissed, while his functions were carried out by the Deputy Chief of Staff Colonel Stefan Nerezov . Other notable changes in the command structure took place almost immediately after the outbreak of the war when General Savov was fired as deputy of the commander-in-chief, although he latter returned to take command of the combined 5th, 4th and 2nd armies. Ferdinand chose the Russophile General Dimitriev as his deputy while General Racho Petrov assumed command of the 3rd Army. Order of battle Operating against the Serbian Army First Army First Army was commanded by Lieutenant-General Vasil Kutinchev. 5th Danube Infantry Division 1st Brigade 2nd "Iskar" Infantry Regiment 5th "Danube" Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade 18th "Etarski" Infantry Regiment 20th "Dobruja" Infantry Regiment 1st QF FAR 1st FAR 5th Pioneer Battalion 9th Pleven Infantry Division 1st Brigade 4th "Pleven" Infantry Regiment 17th "Dorostol" Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade 33rd "Svishtov" Infantry Regiment 34th "Troyan" Infantry Regiment 9th QF FAR 9th Pioneer Battalion Independent Infantry Brigade 65th Infantry Regiment 66th Infantry Regiment 1/8 Artillery Section Army Troops two cavalry squadrons Third Army Third Army was commanded by Lieutenant-General Radko Dimitriev. 1st Sofia Infantry Division 1st Brigade Colonel 1st "Sofia" Infantry Regiment 6th "Turnovo" Infantry Regiment 2nd Brigade (Major-General 37th Infantry Regiment 38th Infantry Regiment 4th QF FAR 4th FAR 1st Pioneer Battalion 13th Infantry Division 62nd Infantry Regiment 63rd Infantry Regiment 64th Infantry Regiment 13th FAR 3/5 Infantry Brigade 45th Infantry Regiment 46th Infantry Regiment 1/1 Artillery Section Cavalry Division 1st Brigade 1st Cavalry Regiment Leib Guard Cavalry Regiment 2nd Brigade 2nd Cavalry Regiment 7th Cavalry Regiment 5/5 Artillery Battery Army Troops 3rd Cavalry Regiment Army Artillery Fifth Army Fifth Army was commanded by Major-General Stefan Toshev. 4th Preslav Infantry Division 1st Brigade 7th "Preslav" Infantry Regiment 19th "Shumen" Infantry Regiment