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
122nd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the French Army during the First World War. It was deployed overseas, seeing action on the Salonika front, fighting alongside British troops. It was sent to the Crimea in December 1918 as part of the Army of the Danube.
General Régnault and his divisional staff in January 1917.
Troops of the 148th Infantry leaving Salonica for the Serbian front on 6 November 1915.
Machine gun teams of the 45th Infantry in the Kilkís region in May 1916.
Fanfare of the band of the 84th Infantry, in from of Livadia, to the west of the Vardar on 20 January 1917.