ORDER OF BATTLE // November 2, 1912
Battle of Yenidje
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
1 sides catalogued · combined 25,000 estimated
Ottoman Empire
25,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
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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