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The Second Balkan War was a conflict which broke out when Bulgaria, dissatisfied with its share of the spoils of the First Balkan War, attacked its former allies, Serbia and Greece, on 16 (O.S.) / 29 (N.S.) June 1913. Serbian and Greek armies repulsed the Bulgarian offensive and counter-attacked, entering Bulgaria. With Bulgaria also having previously engaged in territorial disputes with Romania and the bulk of Bulgarian forces engaged in the south, the prospect of an easy victory incited Romanian intervention against Bulgaria. The Ottoman Empire also took advantage of the situation to regain some lost territories from the previous war. When Romanian troops approached the capital Sofia, Bulgaria asked for an armistice, resulting in the Treaty of Bucharest, in which Bulgaria had to cede portions of its First Balkan War gains to Serbia, Greece and Romania. In the Treaty of Constantinople, it lost Adrianople to the Ottomans. The political developments and military preparations for the Second Balkan War attracted an estimated 200 to 300 war correspondents from around the world.

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Doirani (Greek: Δοϊράνη) is a town and former municipality in the Kilkis regional unit. It is situated on the shores of Dojran Lake, which marks the border between Greece and North Macedonia. The municipal unit has an area of 81.213 km2 (31.4 sq mi). It had a population of 1,404, according to the 2011 census. It is the Greek part of the former municipality of Doyuran, which was divided in 1913 by the new borders created between Greece and what was then Serbia. The part on the other side of the border is called Dojran. It is 23 kilometres (14.3 mi) from Kilkis and 69 kilometres (42.9 mi) north of Thessaloniki, on an Elevation of 160m (520 ft). On the beach of the lake, there are refreshment stands, picturesque fish taverns, playgrounds and other sports facilities for visitors. In the area and during the Second Balkan War on 23 June 1913, the battle of the same name was fought between Greeks and Bulgarians. The day after the battle of Kilkis, Greek troops attacked the Bulgarians and captured the railway station and the then-town, which was a substantial supply base for them.Doirani was the site of much Greek-Bulgarian inter-ethnic fighting during the Macedonian Struggle in the early 20th century. Konstantinos Papagiannakis from Doirani was the most prominent Greek Macedonian fighter in the area. The lake also formed the southernmost line of the Macedonian front of World War I and its southern shore was the scene of yet another battle, this time between the allied Greek and British troops, attacking from the south, and the Bulgarian troops who were to the east of the lake. In 1934 it was annexed to the newly founded prefecture of Kilkis, and in 1940 its name was corrected to Doirani. In 1997 it was designated the seat of the municipality of the same name. Today, on a hill a few hundred meters south of the lake, there is a monument to the battle and two cemeteries for the Greek and British soldiers.

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