Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-22

isted which would have continued had not inc Greek army disIurle,: this bal ance ir favor of the Allies The over whciming defeat of Bulgaria. the re- mobilization of Serbia. the liberation of Rumania. the surrender Of Turkey. and, indirectly, the fall of Austria and of Germany, could not have been at tained as early as they have been without th2 intervention of nearly twenty divisions of ths Greek army of Mir. Venizalos.
 Tho BIlgar army in M3Cetlonia con- sisted Of four army corps, posted as follows:
 () The eleventh German army un- der General Won Steuber. with 13l battaIions. Of which one WAS German, and with 54@ guns) was s,etioned be- tween Ochrida and Ma'a Roupa.
 (c) The second Bulgarian army, under General Lucofc (with B battal ions of which 30 were J',iigarians and the others German of the Two Hun dred and Ftfty-Sixth German Resi- nlent of Resarves) extended from Deva-Tepeh to the west Of Serres. (d) The fourth Bulgarian army under General Petroff {45 tsttaliors) extended from west Of Ssrles to the l Aegean Sea.
 The total strength in guns of the 1 second and fourth Bulgarian armies Was 236 guns.
 The allied forces which faced the ! l3ulgars were, according to the order l of their numerical strength. as fol- l lows:
 1 Gl The Greek. @ the French. (S). the Serbian (4, the British. t5) the 1 Italian.
 The second and fourth Fu1gar army corps were met and neutralized by i Crock troops only. The first Bulgar- | ian army was met by Graeeo- British i forces. which were so inapetuous in 1 their attack that the Ba'gars were forced to draw upon their reserve forces. This relieved the pressure from the Serbian front. The Creeks and British heTe fought with despera- ton and with enormous losses. Ii was imperative to hold here the bulk of the Bulgar forces. Tn order to give time to the Serbians to advance be-
 tween Ochrida and Maia-RoGpa. The Greek forces here suffered appalling
 losses. General Ntiln said: Without
 the Greek army victory could not have been achieved.'
 On the Ocllrida- -Ma1a Rnupa from the Serbians made the main attacks
 in the center But the.r Hanks wert
 sustained by Greek and French forces , On the right flank of the Serbs tho Greeks captured Mt. Tjerra (2.Q9:
 meters high, drove the Bulgars east
 ward and surrounded tEe hill Choumi
 and the German observation station l On the left Serbian flank the Greel !; forces stormed the heights of Grades chiutsa. and crossed the west hank o
 the River Ch..rna. with tic french an( the Serbs. where they threatened tn . 1anl5s of the Bulgars facing The mail Serbian from. and forced the Bulgar to retreat h1stiiy.
 z In conclusion, the Greek army met single handed. the secord and fourtl Bulgar armies; with the British, me the first Bulgarian army. and playe' 6 very i1npu1 tant role in turning tn . Hanks of the eleventh German army l making it possible for Tfie smal Serbian army to plod it's way he :. roically through the "ense ranks 0 the Austro -l8ulgaro-G Germans, n After the surrender of Bulgaria c nearly 10 divisions of the Greek arm f marched north. and, together with th S Serbs, drove the Austrians fror - Serbia At the end of that earpaig n the entire strangth of the Greek arm = was ready for an attack on Constant F uople.
 With the Creeks landing at Dede e agatch aid at Enos, narchIhg 0 = Adrianople and ready D land q Smyrna the Turks had but enc chols ! namely to surrender uneondtionall
 This is wha- Greece has contribute
 to our world war.