In the beginning of August 1916 three
French and one
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divisions with 45,000 men and 400 guns launched an offensive against the
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positions at
Lake Dojran
Doiran Lake (, ''Dojransko Ezero''; , ''Límni Dhoïráni''), also spelled Dojran Lake is a lake with an area of shared between North Macedonia () and Greece ().
To the west is the city of Nov Dojran (Нов Дојран), to the east the v ...
, defended by the
2nd Thracian Infantry Division. The attack began on 9 August with heavy artillery fire on the positions of the 27th Chepino Regiment and 9th Plovdiv Regiment. All four attacks that followed - on 10, 15, 16 and 18 August were repulsed by the Second division and the Allies were forced to retreat to their original positions with heavy casualties.
Other sources state that the French took Tortoise Hill (''Tortue'') and Doldzeli, in total 30 square km, but at a very high cost. The British 7th Battalion of the
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry took Horseshoe Hill.
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1916 in Bulgaria
Vardar Macedonia (1912–1918)
Macedonian front
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