Yaƙin Doiran (1918)

An yi **Yaƙin Doiran** na uku daga 18 zuwa 19 ga Satumba 1918, tare da Birtaniya da Helenawa suna kai hari kan matsayin Sojojin Bulgaria na farko kusa da Tafkin Dojran. Yaƙin ya kasance wani ɓangare na Yaƙin Duniya na I kuma ya faru ne a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Balkan . Yaƙin ya ƙare tare da Bulgarian suna kawar da duk hare-hare.

## Gabatarwa
Birtaniya da Helenawa sun tashi daga sansanin su a Thessaloniki a lokaci guda da Faransanci da Serbs. Birtaniya da Helenawa, a karkashin umurnin George Milne sun kai hari kan matsayin Bulgarian a Dojran yayin da Faransanci da Serbs a karkashin umurni na Franchet d'Esperey suka shiga cikin tsaron Bulgarian a cikin kwarin Vardar. Birtaniya da Helenawa sun yi niyyar kama matsayin Bulgarian a cikin tsaunuka sama da Tafkin Dojran.

Wannan ba shine karo na farko da Allies suka kai hari kan Dojran ba - a cikin 1916, wani yunkuri na Anglo-Faransa ya rushe shi ta hanyar Division na biyu na Sojojin Thracian; Birtaniya sun kasa kama shi sau biyu a cikin 1917. An gina ganuwa da kyau (ta hanyar injiniyoyin Bulgarian), 'yan Bulgarian sun kwashe watanni na farko na 1916 da farkon 1917 suna ƙarfafa matsayi. Yankin da ke kewaye da yankin ya kasance mai tsayi, ganuwar ta kewaye da mil uku na scrub da duwatsu. Wani ɓangare na tsaron shine haɗari Pip Ridge da Grand Couronné .

## Yaƙi
A gefen hagu, rundunar sojan Burtaniya ta XII tare da ƙungiyoyi na 22 da 26, waɗanda ƙungiyar Serres ta Girka ta ƙarfafa, za su kai hari kan Pip Ridge. Birtaniya sun mayar da hankali ga bindigogi 231, gami da manyan bindigogi na inci 8. An kai harin ne a cikin kwanaki biyu, ciki har da harsashin gas kuma an kammala shi da barga mai juyawa, wanda a bayan shi sojoji za su ci gaba. Turawan Burtaniya sun kwashe lokaci kafin yakin suna horar da kai hari. Rundunar Pleven ta Bulgarian ta 9, tare da bindigogi 122, sun fuskanci su a cikin shirye-shiryen tsaro da Janar Vladimir Vazov ya umarce su.

A ranar 18 ga watan Satumba, rundunar sojin Burtaniya ta XII ta kai hari tare da Brigades na 66 da 67 na 22nd Division da Greek Serres Division. Layin farko na rami na Bulgarian ya mamaye, kuma Serres Division ya shiga layin na biyu. 'Yan Bulgaria sun mayar da martani tare da manyan bindigogi da hare-haren da suka sake dawo da ƙasar da ta ɓace. A halin yanzu, British 66th Brigade's 7th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, sun rasa nauyi kuma sun kasa a hare-haren. Hare-haren da 11th Welsh Regiment da 9th Border Regiment suka yi ba su tafi da kyau ba. Rundunar Cheshire ta 12 ta Brigade ta Burtaniya ta 66, sannan ta biyo bayan rundunar ta 9 ta Kudancin Lancashire da 8th Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI), sun ci gaba zuwa cikin bindigogi na Bulgarian da wuta. Brigade na 66 ya rasa kashi 65% na sojojinsa.[1] A ƙarshen rana, rundunar ta XII ta dawo a farkonta. A ranar 19 ga watan Satumba, rundunar ta XII ta sake kai hari, amma saboda hare-haren XVI Corps a arewacin tafkin sun kasa, rundunar XII za ta kai hari kadai. Rundunar Serres ta Girka ta sake maimaita aikin ranar da ta gabata, ta dauki wasu ramuka na Bulgarian, kafin a jefa su da manyan bindigogi, bindigogi da hare-hare. Birtaniya sun kai hari tare da Brigade na 77, Brigade na 65, kuma daga baya rundunar Zouaves ta Faransa ta 2/2 .[1] Brigades na 66 da 67 sun dace ne kawai don ayyukan tsaro kuma ba su shiga ba. Brigade na 77 ya ɗauki wasu ramuka na Bulgarian, amma yana cikin matsayi mai fallasawa, an jefa bam da bindigogi kuma daga ƙarshe ya koma baya kafin Bulgarians su kai farmaki. Ya sha wahala kusan kashi 50% na wadanda suka mutu.[1] Harin Brigade na 65 ma ya gaza, kamar yadda Zouaves na Faransa suka yi.[1]

A halin yanzu, kuma a ranar 18 ga Satumba, rundunar sojin Burtaniya ta XVI ta kai hari tare da sashen Girka na Crete da Brigade na 84 na Burtaniya don tallafawa. Sun fuskanci Brigade na Makidoniya na 1 na Bulgarian tare da bindigogi 24 da bindigogin 64. Rukunin Girka sun kai hari tare da biyu daga cikin gwamnatocin su a gaba da na uku a ajiya, wanda ke tallafawa a gefen ta 84th. Harbi a tallafi shine batir shida na bindigogin Burtaniya, Brigade na 85 na Burtaniya a ajiya. A karfe 05:00, Helenawa sun kai hari, sun share layin sansanin Bulgarian. Daga nan sai suka yi tafiya a fadin wani fili mai tsawo don kai farmaki ga matsayin Bulgarian a kan jerin tuddai da suka yi watsi da shi. Helenawa sun kai hari ba tare da la'akari ba a fadinsa kuma sun shiga cikin layin Bulgarian amma an jefa su da manyan bindigogi, bindiga, da bindigogi. Sojojin Burtaniya sun tura a bayansu don samar da tallafin wuta. Helenawa sun taru kuma sun kai hari kan layin Bulgarian sau da yawa tare da sakamako iri ɗaya da na farko. Da yamma, Helenawa sun janye, bayan 'yan sa'o'i kaɗan da bindigogin Burtaniya suka biyo baya. Rundunar ta XVI ba ta kai hari a ranar 19 ga Satumba ba saboda wadanda suka mutu. Harin ya gaza saboda rashin goyon bayan bindigogi, matsaloli tare da sadarwa tsakanin raka'a da kuma harin farko mara hankali da Helenawa suka yi.

## Manazarta