The loss of Edirne delivered the final decisive blow to the Ottoman army and brought the First Balkan War to an end.

Preparations for the battle included covering all metal parts of the uniforms and weapons with tissue to avoid any shine or noise.

Some light artillery pieces towed by horses followed the advancing units, which played the role of infantry support guns.

Early in the morning on 26 March 1913, the commander of the fortress, Mehmed Şükrü Pasha, surrendered to the Bulgarian Army,[10][page needed] which ended the siege.

[11] The Bulgarian achievements in the war were summarized by a British war correspondent as follows: "A nation with a population of less than five million and a military budget of less than two million pounds per annum placed in the field within fourteen days of mobilization an army of 400,000 men, and in the course of four weeks moved that army over 160 miles in hostile territory, captured one fortress and invested another, fought and won two great battles against the available armed strength of a nation of twenty million inhabitants, and stopped only at the gates of the hostile capital.

In Mustafa Pasha Place, a railway station outside Odrin, Stepanović immediately reported to the supreme commander, General Nikola Ivanov.