The Bulgarian Haskovo Detachment numbered 8,700 soldiers with 42 guns.Войната между България и Турция, Т. V, стр. 1072 and opposed the Ottoman Kırcaali Reserve Division (Kırcaali Redif Fırkası) and in the west the left group of the Bulgarian Rodopo Detachment opposed the Ottoman Kırcaali Home Guard Division (Kırcaali Müstahfız Fırkası) that were the parts of the Ottoman Kırcaali Detachment under Yaver Pasha, which was much larger (24,000) but was dispersed and with fewer artillery pieces.Иванов, Балканската война, стр. 60
