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BATTLE OF THE VARDAR

The first Battle of the Vardar was fought between the Allies and Bulgaria, and began on October the 19th, 1915, and went on intermittently until December the 12th. The first allied troops of the Salonica expedition reached Greece between October the 3rd and 8th, 1915, and the French were railed up the Vardar valley to link up with the Serbians at Koprulu and Uskub. They took Strumnitza on October the 19th, Krivolak on October the 27th, crossed the Tcherna to join the Serbians at the Babuna Pass, and seized the bridge at Vozarci on November the 10th, but were checked at Mount Archangel.

On November the 10th the Serbians lost the pass and retired to Prilep. Attacked by superior numbers, the French retreated by the Demir Kapu gorge, and on December the 9th reached the Boyemia, where they had on their right the British 10th division. On December the 6th the Bulgarians had attacked this division, which mustered only one-fourth of the number of the enemy, and, after a battle lasting three days, it had retired to the Boyemia. The Allies were not sufficiently strong to stand on the Boyemia, and retired into Greece on December the 12th.
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