First Battle of El Alamein of C-in-C (which he refused). Gott was killed on the way to take up his command when his aircraft was shot down. Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery was appointed in his place and took command on 13 August. First Battle of El Alamein The First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942) was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought in Egypt between Axis forces (Germany and Italy) of the Panzer Army Africa (, which included the under Field Marshal () Erwin Rommel) and Allied (British Imperial and Commonwealth) forces (Britain, British India, Australia, South Africa
Order of battle of the Bulgarian Army in the First Balkan War (1913) Chataldzha line. In general the Bulgarians had the capture of Adrianople as their priority while the remaining three field armies of some 284,121 men were to assume a defensive stance and repel the Ottoman offensive. First Army was commanded by Lieutenant-General Vasil Kutinchev, who was also appointed commander of the combined First and Third armies. Third Army was commanded by Lieutenant-General Radko Dimitriev. Fourth Army was commanded by Major-General Stiliyan Kovachev. Second Army was commanded by lieutenant-general Nikola Ivanov. Order of battle of the Bulgarian Army in the First Balkan War (1913) The following is the Bulgarian Order of Battle