Macedonian Front (Balkan War)
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Was the Macedonian front of the First Balkan War.
Chronology
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October 1912: On October 19, Crown Prince Alexander's Serbian First Army crossed the Ottoman border south of Vranje aiming towards the Vardar valley, while General Stepanović's Serbian Second Army moved from Bulgarian territory to take the enemy forces from the rear.
October 1912: After meeting negligible resistance, on October 22, the forces of Prince Constantine of Greece launched an assault against the Ottoman fortifications of the Sarantaporo pass, overcoming them after a day of hard fighting.
November 1912: On November 8, the Ottoman garrison capitulated and the Greeks took possession of Saloniki.
November 1912: Between 5 and 6 November Ottoman and Serbian forces faced each other in the battle of Prilep, a battle won by the Serbs who were thus able to continue their advance.
October 1912: Ottoman and Serbian forces faced each other near Kumanovo.
November 1912: On November 20, the Serbs took Resne.
October 1912: The Greeks entered Kozani.
November 1912: The Hellenic fleet occupied the Chalkidiki peninsula with landing forces.
November 1912: After passing the Olympus massif, the Greek troops entered the plain of Thessaloniki, where they met Ottoman resistance: between 1 and 2 November the two sides faced each other in the battle of Giannitsa, a tough battle that ended with another Greek victory .
November 1912: The Greeks extended their conquests as far west as Körice, Albania, and east as far as Lake Dojran and Mount Pangeo, completing the occupation of southern Macedonia in less than a month.
November 1912: Encountering negligible resistance, the Bulgarians took Petriç, Demirhisar and Serez.
October 1912: The Serbian First Army took Üsküb virtually without a fight.
October 1912: The Serbian Second Army captured İştip and Ustrumca.
November 1912: On November 16, the two Serbian armies reached Monastir, the third largest city in Macedonia. On 19 November the Serbs entered Monastir undisturbed, leaving the Ottomans free to fall back on central-southern Albania.
November 1912: Greek forces captured the town of Florina.
November 1912: Serbian military operations ended with the capture of the city of Ohrid.
