RAVIN FRANÇAIS

The name of this ravine (Француски Тел/Francuski Tel) bears the memory of World War I fighting. It's a natural fault in the foothills of Mount Galičica, around 900 m above sea level. Between October 1915 and September 1918, the Macedonian front passed through here: the French Armée d'Orient and a Russian contingent held the southern parts of the great Prespa lake and Mount Galičica, between Oteševo and Trpejca (southeast of Lake Ohrid), while Bulgarian forces were established to the north with elements of the German army.