Monastir Collection

First Balkan War - Abandoned Gun Battery
First Balkan War - Abandoned Turkish artillery post at the Monastery of Rachtani near the Town of Bitola, Macedonia. Date: 1912

Macedonia - Water Mills at Bukovo, near Bitola
WW1 era - Water Mills at Bukovo, near Bitola (formerly Monastir or Manastir), Macedonia. Date: circa 1910s

Bulgarian soldiers captured, Monastir, WW1
Bulgarian soldiers captured at Monastir (now Bitola), Macedonia, during the First World War. circa 1916

Bitola, Macedonia - street scene Date: circa 1910s

Hill 1050, north of Monastir, Macedonia, WW1
View of an observation and machine gun post on Hill 1050, north of Monastir (now Bitola), Macedonia, during the First World War. Hill 1050 was captured by the Serbians on 20 November 1916

St Mary Peribleptos Monastery - Istanbul
Byzantine Church and Monastery of St Mary Peribleptos - Istanbul, Turkey (Sulu Manastir). A string in the foreground holds a row of drying fish

Macedonia - Bitola (Monastir) - a corner of the town (WWI era) Date: circa 1916

Macedonia - Bitola - Damage to Turkish Officers Mess
WW1 - Macedonia - Bitola - Damage to the rather ancient building used as the Turkish Officers Mess after allied bombardment. Date: circa 1918

German soldiers captured, Monastir, WW1
French officers interrogating German soldiers captured during the Battle of Monastir (now Bitola), Macedonia, during the First World War

Chief Captian Vardas (Georgius Tsontos). A former Lieutenant in the Greek army (Artillery) - important leader of the revolution in the Vilayet (District) of Monastir (Bitola)

Russian troops, Salonika Front, WW1
Russian troops with fixed bayonets awaiting word to enter Monastir on the Salonika Front in Macedonia during the First World War

Ruined bridge on Monastir railway, WW1
View of the ruined Ekshisu Railway Bridge on the Monastir railway, 20 miles south east of Monastir, near Lake Ostrovo. It was damaged during the Battle of Kajmakchalan between Bulgarian

Bitola, Macedonia - Mosques of the city Date: circa 1930s

George Volanis - a Cretan Chief in Monastir (Bitola) during the Macedonian Struggle. Fought for Macedonian independence along with other like-minded officers from all parts of Greece. Date: circa 1908

Bitola, Macedonia - the St Sophia Mosque
Bitola ( formerly Monastir or Manastir), Macedonia - the St Sophia Mosque. Date: circa 1910s

Serbian gunners in action, plain of Kosovo, WW1
Serbian gunners in action on the plain of Kosovo during the First World War. Two men on the left are covering their ears against the noise. Date: 1915

Capture of Monastir, Macedonia, WW1
Scene during the capture of Monastir (now Bitola), Macedonia, during the First World War, with soldiers walking and civilians in the streets, and people looking down from balconies

German troops in action near Monastir, WW1
German Saxon Jaeger troops in action near Monastir (now Bitola), Macedonia, during the First World War. Date: December 1916

Bitola, Macedonia - The Ishak Mosque
Bitola (formerly Monastir or Manastir), Macedonia - The Ishak Mosque. Date: circa 1930

Macedonia - Bitola (Monastir)
Sultan Hamid Street - Macedonia - Bitola (Monastir) - when under Ottoman rule (as evidenced by the two visible mosques). Date: 1905

Racial / Monastir / Thessaly
A man and two women from Monastir and Thessaly Date: late 19th century

5th Connaught Rangers
Camp of the 5th Connaught Rangers, on the Monastir Road, just west of Salonika, on their return from the campaign in Serbia and Bulgaria

Bulgarian infantry near Monastir
Bulgarian infantry in action near Monastir

Bulgarian infantry at Monastir 1917
Bulgarian riflemen manning trenches near Monastir on the Macedonian front, the scene of a battle between Bulgarian and French forces on 18 May 1917. The result was an overwhelming Bulgarian victory

Naosu Station, Thessaloniki, Greece
Naosu Station, Thessaloniki, Monastir line

Monastir, Tunisia, The Grain Market. Buildings showing distinctive French architectural influence

Greek Chieftain of the Morihovo Gromba
Monastir, Macedonia (now known as Bitola) - formerly part of the Ottoman Empire - a local chieftain of the Morihovo Gromba

Capture of Monastir 1916
French troops marching through Monastir after its capture on the French front during World War I in November 1916

Allied March-Past after the capture of Monastir; First World
Photograph showing General Sarrail, with kepi hat raised, saluting a unit of Russian soldiers as the Allied army of the Balkans held a march-past to celebrate the capture of the town of Monastir, 1916

Tunisia / Monastir C20
Monastir, Tunisia, North Africa: Rue de France

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