Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna September 1918, mauto eAllied akatanga kurwisa achitungamirirwa nomukuru mukuru weFrance Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, kurwisa mumupata worwizi rwaVardar kurwisa Army Group "Scholtz". VaAllies vakakwanisa kupwanya mitsetse ye11th Army uye kumanikidza Scholtz kuraira kudzokera shure munharaunda ye
Dobro Pole, asi Hondo Yokutanga yeBulgaria yakanga yawana rukundo paHondo yeDoiran. Saka zvino mauto eAllied akanga achifambira mberi achikwira Vardar, asi mativi avo akaiswa panjodzi inogona kubva kurudyi rwechi11th Army, iyo yakanga ichiri kurwisana zvakanaka, uye kubva ku1st Bulgarian Army. General Scholtz zvisinei akafunga kuti kurwisa kwakadaro kwakanga kusina kunyatsogadzirirwa uye akasarudza kurayira kudzokera shure kweboka rake rehondo, achitarisira kuti mamiriro ezvinhu aizogadzikana.