 Sezvo kunetsana neBalkan League kwakakura panguva yezhizha ra1912, akachinjwa kuti atungamirire VIII Provisional Corps paTesaronika. Pashure pokutanga kweHondo Yokutanga yeBalkan, akatungamirira mauto ake kurwisana neHondo yeGirisi yeThessaly inotungamirirwa naMuchinda Constantine. Mauto echiGiriki, akanga akagadzirira zviri nani uye ari akawanda kupfuura mauto ake, akakunda VIII Corps muhondo dzeSarantaporo neYenidje. Akakomberedzwa uye akavharirwa muThessaloniki uye asina tariro yekubatsirwa kunze, uye achinzwa nezvekusvika kwe7th Bulgarian Division kubva kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva, Hasan Tahsin akatsunga kupa nhare yeThessaloniki nevarume vake 26,000 kuvaGiriki. Pashure pemazuva mashomanana okutaurirana, gwaro rokubvuma kukundwa rakasainwa musi waMarch 1, 1917, uye kutengeswa kwacho kwakaitwa zuva rakatevera racho. Rutivi rweOttoman pakarepo rwakamuona somutengesi uye dare rehondo rakapa mutongo worufu. 