Battle of Yenidje

Overview

The Battle of Yenidje, also transliterated as Yenice, was a major battle between Greek forces under Crown Prince Constantine and Ottoman forces under General Hasan Tahsin Pasha and took place between October 19–20 (O.S.), 1912 during the First Balkan War. The battle began when the Greek army attacked the Ottoman fortified position at Yenidje, which was the last line of defense for the city of Thessaloniki.

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Significance

The Battle of Yenidje was a decisive engagement in the Greek campaign during the First Balkan War, fought between forces under Crown Prince Constantine and an Ottoman army commanded by Hasan Tahsin Pasha. The Ottoman position at Yenidje represented the last defensive line protecting Thessaloniki, making the battle a direct contest for control of that city. Greek forces attacked the fortified Ottoman position, which was held by approximately 25,000 troops, inflicting around 1,000 Ottoman casualties. By breaking through this final line of defense, the Greek army opened the road to Thessaloniki, a strategically and symbolically significant city whose capture would become one of the defining outcomes of the Greek war effort in the First Balkan War.

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