page_title: Battle of Skra-di-Legen
section_title: Battle
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Skra-di-Legen / Battle
caption_attribution_description: English: Bulgarian troops counterattack Jarebichna Peak in 1917 Български: Български войници контраатакуват връх Яребична през 1917 година
context_page_description: The Battle of Skra 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 of Greek troops of the Army of National Defence on the front, and resulted in the capture of the heavily fortified Bulgarian positions.
  The Allied force comprised three Greek divisions of the National Defence Army Corps under Lieutenant General Emmanouil Zymvrakakis, plus one French brigade. The three Greek divisions included the Archipelago Division under Major General Dimitrios Ioannou, the Crete Division under Major General Panagiotis Spiliadis, and the Serres Division under Lieutenant Colonel Epameinondas Zymvrakakis. 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 flank.
context_section_description: In the early morning of 29 May 1918, Greek artillery fired on Bulgarian positions in preparation for the next morning's assault.
  On  06.30, 30 May 1918, Allied forces captured Skra from the heavily outnumbered Bulgarians.  Starting from the evening of the same day until May 31, the Bulgarian army launched several counterattacks on positions held by the Crete Division. All attacks were repelled, cementing the Allied victory.
  In the battle, 441 Allied soldiers were killed, 2,227 wounded and 164 missing in action.
  Bulgaria suffered 600 soldiers killed and 2045 taken prisoner. 12 artillery pieces and 32 machine guns as well as other equipment were also captured.
caption: Bulgarian soldiers during the battle
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