Battle of Skra-di-Legen

Overview

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 on the front of Greek troops of the National Defense Army Corps, and resulted in the elimination of a whole enemy regiment and the capture of the heavily fortified Bulgarian positions.

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Significance

The Battle of Skra-di-Legen marked the first large-scale operational deployment of Greek National Defense Army Corps troops on the Macedonian front. Fought over two days at the heavily fortified Bulgarian position northeast of Mount Paiko, northwest of Thessaloniki, the engagement resulted in the capture of those fortifications and the elimination of an entire Bulgarian regiment. Combined Allied casualties of over 2,200 and Bulgarian losses exceeding 2,300 reflect the intensity of the fighting. The battle demonstrated that Greek forces under the National Defense command could conduct and sustain a major assault on prepared defensive works, strengthening Allied operational capacity on a front that remained active through the final offensives of 1918.

Forces & casualties

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