On 9 September, on the order of the People's Liberation Revolt Army (bg) commander-in-chief Dobri Terpeshev (bg), all partisan units descended from the mountains and assumed power in the villages and cities. In most places, this was not met with much resistance, but in other cases army and police detachments loyal to the old government put up violent resistance to the Fatherland Front forces. In Sofia, Plovdiv, the region of Pernik, Shumen and Haskovo the old regime's supporters were defeated by military means, with the army coming under the effective control of the Fatherland Front.