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Thessaloniki had been part of the Ottoman Empire until 1912 when it was won by Greece in the First Balkan War, and in 1915 the city still had a very Ottoman feel to it. Etienne Burnet, a French bacteriologist sent out from Paris to take part in an anti-malaria campaign marveled: "What a multi-colored crowd on the quayside!
5.2 Salonika front. 5.3 Legacy. 6 Gallery. 7 ... 25 November 1915 () – 18 ... The campaign represented the first significant military engagement between the ...
In a similar fashion, on December 7, at the Battle of Kosturino, the Second Army attacked the British 10th (Irish) Infantry Division, veterans of the Gallipoli campaign in poor physical condition, forcing it to retreat into Salonika by 12 December. [38] [37] The German High Command refused Bulgarian demands to advance into Greece. [37]
On 15 October 1915, two Bulgarian armies attacked, overrunning Serbian units, penetrating the valley of the South Morava river near Vranje up to 22 October 1915. The Bulgarian forces occupied Kumanovo, Štip, and Skopje and prevented the withdrawal of the Serbian army to the Greek border and Salonika. [5]
16 December 1915 - May 5, 1916: establishment of the entrenched camp of Salonika, between Kiorziné and Dogandji . [14] From 20 March, elements detached 15 kilometres north of Kiorziné (entrenching work, [ 15 ] then, from April 18, occupation of the Kilindir front, Lake Ardzan).
The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF) was the part of the British Army during World War I that commanded all Allied forces at Gallipoli and Salonika.It was formed in March 1915, under the command of General Sir Ian Hamilton, at the beginning of the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War.
The Balkan News was a daily newspaper produced in Salonika for the British Salonica Force (BSF) fighting on the Macedonian front. It was first published in November 1915 and the final ‘Adieu’ edition appeared on May 10, 1919. It contained war news from all fronts, mainly based on radio reports.
Salonika campaign [ edit ] The 1/7th Hampshire Field Company, (numbered 506th (Hampshire) Field Company in February 1917), embarked for France on 19 October 1915 [ 25 ] and joined the 28th Division on 25 October as the division was embarking at Marseilles.