The Peak Of Kajmakchalan, Place Of A WWI Battle Royalty-Free Stock Photo

View towards the top of Kajmakchalan. On the top a small church (called Prophet Ilia church) was built to remember the victims of the First World War battle fought here in 1916. The mountain top is on the Greek-Macedonian border near Florina (Greece) and Bitola ( Macedonia / FYROM). The battle of Kajmakchalan was a famous WWI battle and was fought between 12 and 30 September 1916, when the Serbian army managed to capture the peak of Prophet Ilia while pushing the Bulgarians towards the town of Mariovo, where the latter formed new defensive lines. Between 26 and 30 September, the peak changed hands several times until it was decisively captured by the Serbian army on the latter date.