Battle of Florina
1916 battle during the First World War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Lerin or Battle of Florina or Chegan offensive was an offensive operation of the Bulgarian army fought between 17–28 August 1916, during the First World War, in which they conquered the city of Florina (in present-day Greece, but known in Bulgaria as Lerin) but failed to take Chegan.
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Battle of Florina | |||||||
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Part of Macedonian front (World War I) | |||||||
Battle of Lerin (to the south-west) | |||||||
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Bulgaria | Serbia | ||||||
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Kliment Boyadzhiev | Pavle Jurišić Šturm | ||||||
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First Army | 3 Corps[nb 1] | ||||||
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