Battle of Skra-di-Legen

Battle of Skra di Legen
Part of World War I
Lieutenant General Emmanouil Zymvrakakis (right) with his Chief of Staff.
Date May 29–31, 1918 Location Skra, Greece Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Allies	Central Powers
Commanders and leaders
Emmanouil Zymvrakakis	?
Strength
: 5 regiments from 3 divisions, : one brigade	: 1 brigade
Casualties and losses
441 killed 164 missing 2,227 wounded	600 killed, 2,313 taken prisoner (incl. wounded) 35 machine guns and other materiel captured

The Battle of Skra di Legen (Skora di Legen) was a two-day battle which took place at the Skra fortified position, located northeast of Mount Paiko, which is north of Thessaloniki, on May 29–30, 1918, on the Macedonian front of World War I. The battle was the first large-scale employment of Greek troops on the front, and resulted in the capture of the heavily fortified Bulgarian position.

The Allied force comprised three Greek divisions under Lieutenant General Emmanouil Zymvrakakis plus one French brigade. The three Greek divisions included the Archipelago Division under Major General Dimitrios Ioannou, the Crete Division under Major General Panagiotis Spiliadis, and the Serres Division under Lieutenant Colonel Epameinondas Zymvrakakis. The 5th and 6th Regiments from the Archipelago Division were in the centre, the 7th and 8th Regiments from the Crete Division were on the right flank and the 1st Regiment of the Serres Division was on the left flank.

External links

• The British Campaign in Salonika - list of British units involved, as well as an overview of campaign
• The Great War: Battle of Skra-di-Legen - with links to photo's of people of interest, as well as a description of the battle
• The Battle of Skra, May 17/30 1918 - brief description of battle
• Map of Battle

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.