Battle of Yenidje

Map of the battle

Date	November 2 [October 20 (O.S.)] 1912
Location	Yenice-i Vardar (now Giannitsa, Greece)
Result	Greek victory

Belligerents

Greece

Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders

Crown Prince Constantine

Gen Hasan Tahsin Pasha

Units involved

Army of Thessaly

VIII Provisional Corps

Strength

80,000 men,
120 guns

ca. 25,000 men,
30 guns

Casualties and losses

188 dead,
785 wounded
^[1]

250+ killed
1000+ wounded
200 captured
11 field artillery pieces^[2]

First Balkan War

Sarantaporo Kardzhali Pente Pigadia Sorovich Kumanovo Kirk Kilisse Scutari Lule Burgas Yenidje Adrianople Prilep Himara Monastir Çatalca Kaliakra Merhamli Elli Korytsa Lemnos Bulair Şarköy Bizani

The Battle of Yenidje or Yenice, also Battle of Giannitsa (Greek: Μάχη των Γιαννιτσών), was a battle between the Greek Army and the Ottoman Army on October 20 (O.S.) / November 2, 1912, during the First Balkan War. The Greek Army defeated the Ottomans, opening the way towards Thessaloniki and capturing Yenidje (now Giannitsa).

Sources

An Index of events in the military history of the Greek nation., Hellenic Army General Staff, Army History Directorate, Athens, 1998. ISBN 960-7897-27-7
Richard C. Hall, The Balkan Wars 1912-1913. Prelude to the First World War., Routledge, New York 2000. ISBN 041-5229-46-4

^ Defeat in detail: the Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912-1913, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003, ISBN 9780275978884, p. 222.
^ Erickson, Ibid., p. 222., The author gives 30 officers killed or wounded, plus 250 men killed and 1000 wounded