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Battle of Monastir
| Battle of Monastir | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of First Balkan War | |||||||
 Map of the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Serbia |
 Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Petar Bojović |
Zeki Pasha Fethi Pasha † Djavid Pasha Kara Said Pasha | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 108,544[2] | 38,350[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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539 killed 2,121 wounded[2] |
3,000 killed and wounded 5,600 captured 5,000 deserted[3] | ||||||
The Battle of Monastir[4] took place near the town of Bitola, Macedonia[5] (then known as Monastir) during the First Balkan War, between Serbian and Ottoman forces from 16 to 19 November 1912. It resulted in a Serbian victory after heavy fighting north of the city, the routed Turks fled abandoning their guns.[6]
- ^ Phillips (2004), p. 29.
- ^ a b c Hall (2000), p. 51.
- ^ Jowett (2011), p. 6.
- ^ Dupuy and Dupuy (1993), p. 1016.
- ^ Hall (2000), pp. 50–51.
- ^ Jaques & Showalter 2007, p. 674.
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