These were the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 6th Bdin Infantry Division, reinforced with 3rd Cavalry Brigade, 8th Tundzha Infantry Division and the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Balkan Infantry Division. A total of around 36 infantry battalions, 30 artillery batteries, 74 machine guns and ten cavalry squadrons. The front line which they had to protect however was 79 kilometres which meant that in general it was thinly held.