Srpsko Vojnicko Groblje Bitolj

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• Predrag Popovic

  15 March 2018

  Serbian military cemetery in Bitola (Monastir) 1912-1918
  The Serbian military cemetery in Bitola (Monastir) is located in the southern part of Bitola at the entrance to the city (Bukovo cemetery). During the war in Bitola hospital, about 3200 Serb soldiers and officers died. 1321 soldiers of the Serbian army from the Balkan and World War I were buried in the cemetery in 1912-1918. Many of them died in the Battle of Kajmakčalan in 1916.
  
  The bones of the fallen soldiers were transferred to the common cemetery at the site of the monument. In addition to the mass grave, Serbian soldiers were buried after the wars.
  
  Balkan Wars
  
  In 1912, Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece fought the Ottomans in the First Balkan War. After victory at Sarantaporo, Greek troops advanced towards Monastir but were defeated by the Ottomans at Sorovich. The Battle of Monastir (16–19 November 1912) led to Serbian occupation. According to the Treaty of Bucharest, 1913, the region of Macedonia was divided into three parts between Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria, with Monastir ceded to Serbia, given the name Bitola.
  World War I
  German Vivat ribbon commemorating the Bulgarian occupation (1915).
  
  During World War I Bitola was on the Salonica Front. Bulgaria, a Central Power, took the city on 21 November 1915, while the Allied forces recaptured it in 1916. Bitola was divided into French, Russian, Italian and Serbian sections, under the command of French general Maurice Sarrail. Until Bulgaria's surrender in late autumn 1918, Bitola remained a front line city and was almost daily bombarded by air and battery and suffered almost total destruction.
  
  Српско војно гробље у Битољу се налази у јужном делу Битоља при улазу у град (Буковско гробље). За време рата у Битољској болници преминуло је око 3200 српских војника и официра. На гробљу је сахрањен 1321 војник српске војске из Балканских и Првог светског рата 1912—1918. Велики број њих је погинуо у борбама на Кајмакчалану 1916. године.
  
  Кости палих бораца пренете су у заједничко гробље на месту споменика. Поред масовног гробља покопани су и српски војници после ратова.

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• Zoran Ristic

  02 November 2017

  Споменик у облику крста и костурница се налазе на узвишици, на крају гробља између парцела бр. 1 и 2. Лево од споменика налази се бела мермерна плоча са урезаним текстом: "Слава храбро палим јунацима за ослобођење и уједињење 1912. – 1918. године".

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