Battle of the Crna Bend (1916)

Battle of the Crna Bend
	Part of the Balkans Theatre (World War I)
	; Allied advance August-November 1916.
Date	14 October - 19 November 1916
Location	river Crna - Macedonia
Result	Entente victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria; German Empire;	France; Serbia; Russian Empire;
Commanders and leaders
Todor Mitov; Georgi Bolyshakov; Arnold von Winckler;	Victor Cordonnier; Živojin Mišić;
Units involved
8th Tundzha Infantry Division	unknown
Strength
unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
Heavy	unknown

The Battle of the Cerna bend was a two-month-long battle between the Bulgarian and the Entente armies. The battle took place in the Macedonian front during the First World War Allied Monastir Offensive in October and November 1916. After extremely heavy fighting and severe casualties on both sides, the Bulgarians retreated from Bitola on 19 November, taking positions at 5 km to the north by defeating all later attacks from there. However, the Entente entry in Bitola had no strategic value.

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