Battle of Skra-di-Legen

Battle of Skra-di-Legen
Part of the Macedonian front of World War I

Lykurgos Kogevinas (1887-1940), 'The Battle of Skra, 1918', oil on canvas, National Gallery, Athens
Date29–31 May 1918
Location
Result Entente victory
Belligerents
 Bulgaria
Commanders and leaders
Tsardom of Bulgaria (1908–1946) Ivan Bonchev
Units involved

 Greece

 France

 United Kingdom

 Bulgaria

  • 5th Division
    • 3rd Brigade
Strength
  • Kingdom of Greece 5 regiments (from 3 divisions)
  • French Third Republic 1 brigade with cannons and flamethrowers
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 2 Artillery batteries
Tsardom of Bulgaria (1908–1946) 1 brigade
Casualties and losses
  • 441 killed
  • 2,227 wounded
  • 164 missing[1]
  • 600 killed
  • 2,313 captured (included wounded)
  • 12 artillery pieces and 32 machine guns, as well as other equipment captured

The Battle of Skra-di-Legen (Skora di Legen) was a two-day battle which took place at the Skra fortified position, located northeast of Mount Paiko, which is north-west of Thessaloniki, on May 29–30, 1918, on the Macedonian front of World War I. The battle was the first large-scale employment on the front of Greek troops of the National Defense Army Corps (Greece, united after the National Schism, had joined the war in summer 1917),[2] and resulted in the elimination of a whole enemy regiment (the 49th)[3][4] and the capture of the heavily fortified Bulgarian positions.

The Allied force comprised three Greek divisions of the National Defense Army Corps under Lieutenant General Emmanouil Zymvrakakis, plus one French brigade. The three Greek divisions comprised

The 5th and 6th Regiments from the Archipelago Division were in the center, the 7th and 8th Regiments from the Crete Division were on the right flank, and the 1st Regiment of the Serres Division was on the left.

  1. ^ Η Μάχη του Σκρα Ντι Λέγκεν, Στρατιωτική Ιστορία journal, No.69, May 2002
  2. ^ Collinson Owen, H. (1919). Salonica and After: the Sideshow that Ended the War. London. p. 19.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Palmer65 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dakin1972 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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