2nd Artillery Regiment

History
Raised as artillery regiment with Decree N° 75/19 June 1880 Raised with Decree N° 250/25 July 1883 from 1^st division and 4^th battery of the artillery regiment, the 8cm long range battery, and a new battery Attached to the Artillery Brigade in Sofia with Decree N° 176/1886
Feast day
30 October
Garrison
1883 : Shumen 1889 : Vratza 1^st Military Inspectorate, 6^th Bdinska Division
Commanders
19.06.1880 19.06.1882 11.12.1884 10.09.1885 08.1886 9.11.1887 04.1889 1890 1906 19.06.1908 1912 ? 09.1915	maj. Leonov [from Russian Army] maj. Leonid Osipovich Musnitzkiy [from Russian Army] maj. Sergey Nicolaevich Lyapunov [from Russian Army] maj. Petar Gruev maj. Iliya Kozarov cpt. Panteley Tzenov [from 1.01.1888 major] maj. Dimitar Boyarov maj. Kirkov col. Hristo Kushev col. Kalin Naydenov col. Dimitar Ruschev col. Hristo Valchev lt. col. Trifon Peev
Effectives
1 October 1885		17 officers, 1360 NCOs and men, 18 Krupp 87mm, 24 bronze 9 pdr guns
September 1912		32 officers, 2 clerks, 1650 NCOs and men, 284 riding and 1166 draught horses, 108 wagons, 86 carts, 36 Schneider 75mm QF guns
October 1915		24 75mm QF guns
Battle Honours
I. War against Serbia 1885 10 November 1885 : fought at Dragoman 11 – 12 November 1885 : fought at Tzaribrod 14 – 15 November 1885 : fought at Pirot
II. War against Turkey 1912-1913 Attached to 6^th Bdinska Division 9 – 10 October 1912 : fought at Lozengrad 11 – 12 October 1912 : fought at Kavakli 16 – 18 October 1912 : fought at Lule Burgas – Turkbey 4 – 7 November 1912 : fought at Chadaldja line 11 – 16 March 1912 : fought at Kadiköy, Indzhesköy, Kumburgas, Jalos, Kladina (southern sector of the Chadaldzha line)
III. Interallied War 1913 24 – 25 June 1913 : fought near the Koslu Dere river 3 – 18 July 1913 : fought at Berovo, Pehchevo, Stoimirovo, Beyas-Tepe and Leshko.
IV. First World War Attached to 6^th Bdinska Division 1 – 13 October 1915 : fought at Vrashka Chuka 17 – 20 October 1915 : fought at Planinitza 27 – 29 October 1915 : fought at Aleksinac 5 – 7 September 1916 : fought north of Dobrich 13 – 14 September 1916 : fought at Dorbali and Karali 16 – 19 September 1916 : fought at Kobadin 20 September – 12 October 1916 : fought along the line Karabaka – Beshaul 19 – 24 October 1916 : fought at Tarla Bair, Karatay, Kostel, Dreniköy 23 November – 14 December 1916 : took part in the defence of the line Berish – Tenesi, Hill 177 15 December 1916 – January 1917 : fought at Tehsohv, Armutay, Bashaköy, Reshel, Yiyila 1918 : assigned to the 6^th Bdinska Division, took part in the battles on the Southern Front