Deletion of Battle of Monastir (1917)

Comment: per . I cannot find any |reliable sources that can |verify that this event exists, therefore it fails . There are reliable sources regarding a battle of this name occurring in 1912, but not in 1917
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes (WP:HOAX||WP:RS||WP:VER||WP:GNG)

Comment: I located a brief reference in the ''http://books.google.ca/books?id=dwhzE57Q0eUC&pg=PT109&dq=Monastir+1917+May&hl=en Almanac of World War I''.  In case the Google Books preview link doesn't work for everyone, it reads, "17 May 1917....Salonika: A combined Italian-French attack to the north of Monastir fails, as the Germans and Bulgarians have reinforced their front lines."  Aside from the minor discrepancy in date (the article gives "May 18"), this does support the basic claim that the French suffered a defeat near Monastir.  At the very least the article is not a , although notability has yet to be demonstrated.  I also searched the Google newspaper archive for stories mentioning Monastir published between March and May 1917 (http://www.google.com/search?q=Monastir&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=653&sa=X&ei=0891Ufy5HI-HqwHSxoCADw&ved=0CCkQpwUoCw&source=lnt&tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:3/1/1917,cd_max:5/31/1917&tbm=nws see query).  Apparently, French forces did attack German defenders at Monastir in March 1917 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ybwNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BFQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2386,2820129&dq=monastir&hl=en.  Newspaper reports dated May 18 declare that the British and French were making good progress against the Central Powers on the Macedonian front (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wsVSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kTcNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3176,2705232&dq=macedonia&hl=en,http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sv0gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q3UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3175,1831177&dq=monastir&hl=en) - which does seem somewhat contradictory with respect to the article and the statement from the ''Almanac''.  I suspect that historical sources published in French, Italian, Bulgarian, Russian, or Macedonian may contain a fuller account of the events that transpired at that time.  For anyone interested in searching further, the sources accompanying Battle of the Cerna Bend (1917)#Sources|Battle of the Cerna Bend (1917) also appear to be promising sources in which to look for information about this battle
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes (WP:HOAX)

Comment: to Battle of the Cerna Bend (1917).  I agree with the others that the article's content should be deleted in light of the failure to satisfy  and the general untrustworthiness of the unreferenced material.  However, it is my view that the article itself should be preserved as a redirect.  A fresh search turned up two additional sources.  One applies the label "the second battle of Monastir" (9-14 May 1917)" to this engagement (http://books.google.com/books?id=HGIyl-gI6bkC&pg=PA7&dq=battle+Monastir+May+1917) and the other describes how "The second battle of Bitola, also known as the second battle of the Cherna Bend, began on 5 May 1917..." http://books.google.com/books?id=lVJ3BwKa9wMC&pg=PA87&dq=Bitola+1917+May. ("Monastir" was the name of the city during Ottoman times; by the outbreak of WWI, it was also known under the alternate name Bitola so "Battle of Bitola" and "Battle of Monastir" are just different labels for the same event.)  These sources demonstrate that "Battle of Monastir (1917)" is a valid alternate descriptor for the "Battle of the Cerna Bend" and hence a potential search term.  WP already Battle of the Cerna Bend (1917)|has an article on this battle which is a logical redirect destination.  Moreover, redirects are cheap (
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:CHEAP)