"On the Monastir Road", The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 5

"The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 5, Washington, May 1917" features the article "On the Monastir Road" by Herbert Correy, a British war correspondent and diplomat. This article provides a vivid first-hand account of the region of Monastir (present-day Bitola, Macedonia) during World War I, particularly focusing on the military and humanitarian conditions in Macedonia under Allied and Central Powers’ occupation.

At one point in the article, Correy recalls speaking with a local peasant old woman, and when asked whether she was a Serb or a Bulgar, she reportedly replied:

“Neither Bulgar, nor Serb, — I am a Macedonian only and I am sick of war.”