Battle of Skra-di-Legen
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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.
Lykurgos Kogevinas (1887-1940), 'The Battle of Skra, 1918', oil on canvas, National Gallery, Athens
Eleftherios Venizelos inspecting Greek troops in 1918
Lieutenant General Emmanouil Zymvrakakis (right) with his Chief of Staff
Bulgarian POWs
Serres Division
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The Serres Division was an infantry division of Hellenic Army in World War I and the annexation of Western Thrace.
Regimental war flag presentation to the Serres Division, December 1916, in the presence of the "Triumvirate" of the National Defence government (Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, Lt. General Panagiotis Danglis, Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis).