Postcard of Veles, Serbia, showing a view of the town and its marketplace with some German officers among the residents. An inset shows four German officers on the heights above the city and the Vardar River.

Balkan Kriegsschauplatz: 22. Oktober 1915: Veles (Köprülü) von den Bulgaren besetzt. Der Marktplatz.

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[Inset:] Serb. Höhenstellung bei Veles.



Balkan theater of war: October 22, 1915: Veles (Koprulu) occupied by the Bulgarians. The marketplace.

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[Inset:] Serbia: heights above Veles.



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Wednesday, September 25, 1918

"On September 15th, in the forenoon, two French divisions and one Serbian division, making an attack on the formidable mountain barrier formed by the Vetrenik, the Dobropolje, and the so-called Sokol, made a breach in the enemy front which was to bring about the falling-in of the front. . . .

On September 18th the British-Greek divisions, after stubborn fighting, captured the enemy positions of Doiran, retaining in this region very important forces. From September 21st the Italian, Greek, and French troops of the allied army of Monastir moved up. On September 22nd the general pursuit commenced, and was carried out with splendid ardor and energy.

On September 23rd the Serbians crossed the Vardar towards Krivelak. On the 24th the French cavalry entered Prilep. On the 25th Ishtip was captured, as well as the formidable barrier of the Beles. The British opened up the road to Strumiza, which they entered on the 26th. On the same day the Serbians reached Kotchana and Veles, and the Italian, French and Greek troops were marching on Kicovo.

By the evening of the 26th the Bulgarians asked for a suspension of hostilities, and announced the dispatch of plenipotentiaries."

Quotation Context

Extracts from French General Franchet d'Esperey's Official Report of September 30, 1918 on the defeat of Bulgaria and the Central Powers on the Balkan Front. In the two weeks between the opening of the offensive into Serbia on September 15 and the end of the month, the primarily Bulgarian line that had kept the Allied forces bottled up in the Salonika Front for two years collapsed, the Bulgarian home front rose up, and a new Bulgarian government signed an armistice. The liberation of Serbia would position Allied armies across the Danube River from the plains of Hungary. The British and Greeks held the eastern end of the battle front which meant they would swiftly be turned against Turkish forces in Europe in a drive to take Constantinople.

Source

The Great Events of the Great War in Seven Volumes by Charles F. Horne, Vol. VI, 1918, pp. 313–314, copyright © 1920 by The National Alumnia, publisher: The National Alumni, publication date: 1920

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1918-09-25, 1918, September, Bulgaria, Serbia, Veles