✦ History

Part of Macedonian front

Monastir offensive

September 12 – December 11, 1916 · Bitola

Result Allied Powers victory

Allied forces on the Macedonian front attacked Bulgarian and German positions over three months in autumn 1916. They captured the town of Monastir but the front soon stabilised.

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Allies

Central Powers

Serbia
United Kingdom
Italy
Russian Empire
Bulgaria
German Empire
Ottoman Empire
Petar Bojović military commander Živojin Mišić military commander Mikhail Diterikhs military commander Maurice Sarrail military commander
Nikola Zhekov military commander Georgi Todorov military commander Abdul Kerim Pasha military commander Otto von Below military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 397,168
Casualties
c. 48,000
Casualties
61,000

Ottoman Empire Strength 28,186

German Empire Casualties 8,000

Units

Russian Expeditionary Force in France

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