Battle of Florina

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Battle of Florina
Part of Macedonian front (World War I)
Battle of Lerin (to the south-west)
Date 17-28 August 1916 Location around Florina, Greece Result Minor Bulgarian victory The Bulgarians capture Florina Bulgarian advance stopped
Belligerents
Bulgaria	Serbia
Commanders and leaders
Kliment Boyadzhiev	Pavle Jurišić Šturm
Units involved
First Army	3 Corps[nb 1]
Strength
117,368 190 field guns 128 machine guns	124,000
Casualties and losses
5,478 killed/wounded Total: 5,478[1]	657 killed 2,555 wounded 706 missing Total: 3,918[1]

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.