The Greek Cavalry brigade detected Bulgarian reinforcements arriving by rail. Войната между България и другите Балкански държави през 1913 год. Observing the IIIrd battalion withdrawing, to participate in the forming detachment for Kilkis, the Bulgarians saw an opportunity and attacked the Ist battalion forcing it to retreat with heavy losses. Due to its significance for the Greeks, the Battle of Kilkis gave its name to a Greek battleship, the This article is about the Battle of Kilkis of 1913. The Cavalry brigade operated between the 10th and 3rd divisions.At Kilkis the Bulgarians had since long constructed strong defenses, including captured Ottoman guns which dominated the plain below. In the three days battle around Kilkis the Greeks had suffered heavy casualties totalling 5,652 killed and wounded. At 15:00 the two Greek divisions attacked the Bulgarian position in close coordination with artillery and by 16:00 had broken the Bulgarian defence, which seemed taken aback following its morning success against the I/5. Battle of Tours (October 732), victory won by Charles Martel, the de facto ruler of the Frankish kingdoms, over Muslim invaders from Spain. I. Държавно издателство, page 161A concice history of the Balkan Wars 1912-1913, Hellenic Army General Staff Army History Directorate, Athens 1998, paragraph 286Hall, Richard (2000). In the night of 20–21 June the order from HQ to create a detachment to hold the forces attacking Klkis arrived and the relevant orders were given. In the morning the rest of the divisions joined the attack and the Bulgarians retreated to the north, where the Greeks pursued them but in short depth due to exhaustion, allowing the Bulgarians to break contact. During the night of 20 to 21 June, following an artillery fire exchange, two regiments of the 2nd division crossed Gallikos river and attacked piercing successively the 1st,2nd and 3rd defensive lines of the Bulgarians entering the town of Kilkis by the morning of 21 June. The nationalists suffered many casualties during the battle and in prisoner killings afterwards. On 20 June, despite having committed all forces and advancing steadily the Greeks failed to break the Bulgarian defence. A man with an ax attacked employees inside a tax office in Thessaloniki; Greece is in the world’s top 10 shipping centres; Aegean Airlines will test cabin crew and employees for Covid-19 regularly In the morning of 21 June the Bulgarian concentrated artillery fire on the 5th regiment. The division was heavily criticized for its unacceptable failure.The two Greek divisions suffered 2,701 killed and wounded at Lachanas and the 7th division suffered a further 199 in its fights.The defeat of the 2nd Army by the Greeks was the most serious military disaster suffered by the Bulgarians in the 2nd Balkan war.The casualties and losses of the battle were of the heaviest in the modern Greek military history. After the defeat at the Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas the Bulgarians retired to the north. Official pages. I. Държавно издателство, page 161A concice history of the Balkan Wars 1912-1913, Hellenic Army General Staff Army History Directorate, Athens 1998, paragraph 286Hall, Richard (2000). The Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas took place during the Second Balkan War between Greece and Bulgaria for the town of Kilkis in Macedonia. Battle of Kilkis–Lahanas This article needs additional citations for verification .
Kilkis itself was garrisoned by the 2nd brigade (colonel Ribarov) of 8 battalions, supported by several artillery batteries. 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 On 15 June the Bulgarian Army took orders to advance towards Thessaloniki. The two ships were transferred to the Greek Navy in Newport News, Virginia the following month. At 15:00 the two Greek divisions attacked the Bulgarian position in close coordination with artillery and by 16:00 had broken the Bulgarian defence, which seemed taken aback following its morning success against the I/5.