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| Battle of Skra di Legen |
| Part of World War I |
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| Belligerents |
| Allies |
Central Powers |
| Commanders |
 Emmanouil Zymvrakakis |
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| Strength |
Greece: 3 divisions (14.546 men),
 France: one brigade |
Bulgaria: 1 division, 3 regiments |
| Casualties and losses |
| 2000 killed or wounded |
600 killed, 1500 taken prisoners |
The Battle of Skra di Legen (Skora di Legen) was a two day World War I battle which took place at the Skra fortified position, located NE of Mount Paiko North of Thessaloniki on May 30, 1918.
Lieutenant General Emmanouil Zymnrakakis (right) with his Chief of Staff.
The Allied force comprised three Greek divisions under Lieutenant General Emmanouil Zymvrakakis plus one French brigade. The three Greek divisions included the Archipelagos Division under Major General Ioannou, the Crete Division under Major General Panagiotis Spiliadis, and the Serres Division under Lieutenant Colonel P. Gardicas.
The Bulgarian force comprised one division plus three regiments well defended in well fortified positions.
Victory of the allied troops with a decisive Greek contribution. In May 1918 Greek military units held a leading part in the battle of Skra di Legen, the most important among the local offensives, that resulted in the capture of a particularly fortified position, controlled until then by the Central Powers, chiefly Bulgarian troops. The battle of Skra confirmed in the eyes of the allies the fighting readiness of the Greek army which had practically just been restructured. The battle laid the preconditions for the allied counter-attack launched in September 1918. It was marked by a series of victories and continuous advances of the allied troops against the Central Powers.
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[edit] Bibliography
- Source Records of the Great War, Vol. VI, ed. Charles F. Horne, National Alumni 1923
- Grigorios Dafnis, Sofoklis Eleftheriou Venizelos (Athens: Ikaros, 1970) pp. 44-47.
