Monastir offensive

Monastir offensive
	Part of the Macedonian front of World War I
	; The Macedonian Front in 1916
Date	12 September 1916 – 11 December 1916
Location	Monastir, Kingdom of Serbia (present-day North Macedonia)
Result	Minor Entente victory Capture of Monastir; Limited Allied gains; Stabilization of the front line;
Belligerents
Central Powers:; Bulgaria; Germany; Ottoman Empire;	Allied Powers:; France; Serbia; United Kingdom; Italy; Russia;
Commanders and leaders
Nikola Zhekov; Dimitar Geshov; Georgi Todorov; Otto von Below; Arnold von Winkler; Abdul Kerim Pasha;	Maurice Sarrail; Petar Bojović; Živojin Mišić; George Milne; Carlo P. di Roreto; Mikhail Diterikhs;
Strength
Unknown; Unknown; 28,186; Total: unknown total men (240,000 – 260,000 combatants);	122,596; 119,176; 115,396; c.30,000; c.10,000; Total: c.397,168 men (250,000 – 313,000 combatants);
Casualties and losses
53,000; 8,000; Total: 61,000;	27,337; 13,786; 4,580; 1,116; <1,000; Total: c. 48,000 80,000 died or evacuated due to sickness;

The Monastir offensive was an Allied military operation against the forces of the Central Powers during World War I, intended to break the deadlock on the Macedonian front by forcing the capitulation of Bulgaria and relieving the pressure on Romania. The offensive took the shape of a large battle and lasted for three months and ended with the capture of the town of Monastir. On an average depth of 50km, the Bulgarian First Army (from the end of September German Eleventh Army) gave battle on six occasions, being forced to retreat five times.

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