Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Gunyana 1918, mauto eAllied akatanga kurwisa pasi pekutungamira kweFrench General Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, kurwisa mumupata werwizi rweVardar kurwisa Army Group "Scholtz". VaAllies vakakwanisa kupwanya mitsetse ye11th Army ndokumanikidza Scholtz kuraira kudzokera shure munharaunda yeDobro Pole
, asi Hondo Yokutanga yeBulgaria yakanga yawana kukunda muHondo 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.