The Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas took place during the Second Balkan War between Greece and Bulgaria for the town of Kilkis in Macedonia. The battle lasted three days from June 19, 1913 to June 21st ended with Greek victory. During the night of 16–17 June 1913, the Bulgarians, without official declaration of war, attacked their former Greek and the Serbian allies, and managed to evict the Serbs from Gevgelija, cutting off communication between them and the Greeks.
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- The Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas took place during the Second Balkan War between Greece and Bulgaria for the town of Kilkis in Macedonia. The battle lasted three days from June 19, 1913 to June 21st ended with Greek victory. During the night of 16–17 June 1913, the Bulgarians, without official declaration of war, attacked their former Greek and the Serbian allies, and managed to evict the Serbs from Gevgelija, cutting off communication between them and the Greeks. However, they failed to drive the Serbs away from the Vardar/Axios river line. After repulsing the initial Bulgarian attack of June 17, the Greek army, under King Constantine, advanced with 8 Divisions and a Cavalry Brigade, while the Bulgarians under General Ivanov retreated to the naturally strong defensive position of the Kilkis-Lahana line. The Bulgarian 2nd Army commanded by General Ivanov held a line from Lake Doiran south east to Kilkis, Lachanas, Serres and then across the mountain Pangeo to the Aegean. The army had been in place since May, and was considered a veteran having fought at the siege of Adrianople in the First Balkan War. General Ivanov possibly to avoid any responsibility for his crashing defeat, claimed after the war that his Army consisting of only 36,000 men and that many of his units were understrength but a detailed analysis of his units contradict him. Ivanov's 2nd Army was consisting of the III Division minus one brigade with 4 regiments of 4 battalions (total 16 battalions plus the divisional artillery), the I/X brigade with the 16th and 25th regiments (total 8 battalions plus artillery), the Drama Brigade with the 69th, 75th and 7th regiments (total 12 battalions), the Serres Brigade with 67th and 68th regiments (total 8 battalions), the XI Division with the 55th, 56th and 57th regiments (total 12 battalions plus the divisional artillery), the 5th border battalion, the 10th independent battalion and the 10th Cavalry Regiment of 7 mounted and 7 infantry companies. A total of 232 companies in 58 infantry battalions, a cavalry regiment (14 companies) with 175 artillery guns. That gives a number between 80,000 (official Bulgarian source) to 108,000 (official Greek source according to the official Bulgarian history of the war before 1932). All modern historians agreed that Ivanov underestimated the number of his soldiers but the Greek army still had a numerical superiority. The Greek Headquarter also estimated the numbers of their opponents between 80,000 to 105,000 men. The Greek army, commanded by King Constantine I, had 8 divisions and a cavalry brigade (117,861 men) with 176 artillery guns in a line extended from the Gulf of Orphano to the Djevjeli area, since it was not possible for the Greek headquarter to know where the Bulgarian attack will take place, giving by necessity the Bulgarian Army the possibility to enjoy temporary local superiority to the chosen for the attack area. On 26 June the Bulgarian Army took orders to destroy the opposing Greek forces and to advance towards Thessaloniki. The Greeks stoped them and by June 29 an order for general counterattack was issued. At Kilkis the Bulgarians had constructed strong defenses, including captured Ottoman guns which dominated the plain below. The Greek 4th, 2nd and 5th divisions attacked across the plain in rushes supported by artillery. Greeks suffered heavy casualties but by the following day had carried the trenches. On the Bulgarian left, the Greek 7th Division had captured Serres and the 1st and 6th divisions Lachanas. The defeat of the 2nd Army by the Greeks was the most serious military disaster suffered by the Bulgarians in the 2nd Balkan war. Bulgarian sources are giving a total of 6,971 casualties. To these Greeks captured more than 6,000 prisoners and more than 130 artillery pieces, suffering 8,700 casualties. On the Bulgarian right Evzones captured Gevgelija and the heights of Matsikovo. As a consequence the Bulgarian line of retreat through Doiran was threatened and Ivanov's army began a desperate retreat which at times threatened to become a rout. Reinforcements in the form of the 14th Division came too late and joined the retreat towards Strumica and the Bulgarian border. The Greeks captured Doiran on 5 July but were unable to cut off the Bulgarian retreat through Struma pass. On 11 July the Greeks came in contact with the Serbs and then pushed on up the Struma River until they reached Kresna Gorge on 24 July. At this point the exhausted Greeks had overstretched their supply lines, and were forced to halt. Due to its significance, the Battle of Kilkis gave its name to a Greek battleship, the Kilkis, in 1914.
- La Bataille de Kilkís ou Kilkis-Lahana est une bataille de la deuxième guerre balkanique qui opposa la Grèce à la Bulgarie du 19 au 21 juin 1913. Elle fut remportée par la Grèce. La Grèce baptisa l'un de ses navires de guerre en son honneur.
- Битва под Килкисом — сражение Второй Балканской войны у македонского города Кукуш между греческой и болгарской армиями. С началом Второй Балканской войны в ночь на 29 июня болгарские войска атаковали сербские части и смогли вытеснить сербов из Гевгелии, разрушив коммуникации между сербскими и союзными им греческими частями. Тем не менее, они не смогли взять сербскую линию укреплений на реке Вардар. После возобновления болгарских атак в конце того же дня греческие войска под командованием короля Константина, в составе 8 дивизий и кавалерийской бригады, перешла в наступление. Планом греческого командования было окружить основные силы болгарской армии. Центр болгарских сил (1 пехотная дивизия, 3 бригады и другие роды войск, под командованием генерала Иванова) размещался на удобной для обороны позиции у города Кукуш. В ночь на 2 июля греки атаковали болгарские позиции. Болгарские силы перешли к обороне. 3 июля греки, подойдя вплотную к Кукушу, начали штурм города. К 4 июля сперва центр и правый фланг, а затем и левый фланг болгар отступили. Занятый город был сожжён греческой армией. Болгарская армия продолжила отступление. В 1914 греческий линкор Килкис после получения его от США был переименован в память этой битвы.
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- The Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas took place during the Second Balkan War between Greece and Bulgaria for the town of Kilkis in Macedonia. The battle lasted three days from June 19, 1913 to June 21st ended with Greek victory. During the night of 16–17 June 1913, the Bulgarians, without official declaration of war, attacked their former Greek and the Serbian allies, and managed to evict the Serbs from Gevgelija, cutting off communication between them and the Greeks.
- La Bataille de Kilkís ou Kilkis-Lahana est une bataille de la deuxième guerre balkanique qui opposa la Grèce à la Bulgarie du 19 au 21 juin 1913. Elle fut remportée par la Grèce. La Grèce baptisa l'un de ses navires de guerre en son honneur.
- Битва под Килкисом — сражение Второй Балканской войны у македонского города Кукуш между греческой и болгарской армиями.
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