Battle of the Crna Bend (1917)

Battle of the Crna Bend (1917)
	Part of Macedonian front (World War I)
Date	5–9 May 1917
Location	Crna Loop
Result	Central Powers victory
Belligerents
Bulgaria; Germany;	France; Italy; Russia;
Commanders and leaders
H. von Ziegesar; Karl Suren;	Georges Lebouc; Paul Grossetti; Giuseppe Pennella; Mikhail Dieterichs;
Strength
Central Powers:; 27 battalions; 19 batteries; 115 machine guns; 13 battalions; 15 batteries; 131 machine guns; Total: 40 battalions; 34 batteries (122 guns, 8 mortars); 246 machine guns;	Allies:; 45 battalions; 54 batteries; 312 machine guns; 18 battalions; 32 batteries; 171 machine guns; 6 battalions; 14 batteries; 32 machine guns; Total: 69 battalions; 100 batteries (412 guns); 515 machine guns;
Casualties and losses
1,626; Unknown;	1,700; 2,400; 1,325; Total: 5,425;

The Battle of the Crna Bend was a significant military engagement fought between the forces of the Central Powers and the Entente in May 1917. It was part of the Allied Spring Offensive of the same year that was designed to break the stalemate on the Macedonian Front. Despite the considerable numerical and material advantage of the attackers over the defenders, the Bulgarian and German defence of the positions in the loop of the river Crna remained a formidable obstacle, which the Allies were unable to defeat not only in 1917 but until the end of the war.

^ ^a ^b Дошкинов 1935, pp. 114–133

[Дошкинов114-133-1] Дошкинов 1935, pp. 114–133

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