The third battle of Doiran (1918)

 

 

1st Army

Commander :

Chief of the General Staff :

Chief of the Operation Section :

Chief of the Artillery :

Chief of the Engineer Corps :

Lt.Gen.Stefan Nerezov

MG. Stefan Popov

Col. Petar Midilev

Col. Ivan Markov

Col. Petko Tzaklev

 

5th Dunavska Division

Commander : MG. Ivan Boncev

1st Inf. Brigade

         2nd Iskarski IR. (3 Bns. – 32 Mgs.)

         5th Dunavski IR. (3 Bns. – 32 Mgs.)

2nd Inf. Brigade

         18th Etarski IR. (3 Bns. – 32 Mgs.)

         20th Dobrudzhanski IR. (3 Bns. – 32 Mgs.)

3rd Inf. Brigade

         50th IR. (3 Bns. – 36 Mgs.)

54th IR. (3 Bns. – 36 Mgs.)

83rd IR. (3 Bns. – 32 Mgs.)

65th IR. (3 Bns. – 24 Mgs.)

GbMGA 248, 250 (18 Mgs.)

180 granade throwers

4 – 53mm infantry guns

5th Art. Brigade :

         1st Art. Rgt. (20 guns and 4 light howitzers)

         11th Art. Rgt. (20 guns and 4 light howitzers)

         1st div./14th Art. Rgt. (8 guns and 4 light howitzers)

         2nd div./13thArt. Rgt. (8 guns)

         3rd div./3rd/1st Mnt. Art. Rgt. (8 Skoda mnt. guns)

         4th div./2nd/14th Mnt. Art. Rgt. (8 Skoda mnt. guns)

         27th Art. Rgt. (8 Skoda mnt. guns and 6 mnt. howitzers)

         1st div./1stHowitzer Rgt. (12 – 120mm howitzers)

         1st Heavy Art. Rgt.

                   4 – 150mm howitzers

                   4 – 105mm L/30 guns

                   4 – 120mm L/28 guns

         3rd Heavy Art. Rgt.

                   4 – 150mm howitzers

         FAR. 209 (36 light howitzers)

         3. Bt./FußABtl. 159 (4 – 10cm K04)

         5., 8. Bt./FußAR. 9 (8 – 15cm sFH13)

         6. Bt./FußAR. 4 (1 – 21cm Ms10)

         55 mine throwers

5th division cav. sq.

5th Pioneers Battalion

1 Pioneer Battalion

Mountain Division

Commander : MG. Mihail Sapunarov

2nd Inf. Brigade

         67th IR. (3 Bns. – 24 Mgs.)

         68th IR. (3 Bns. – 24 Mgs.)

39th Solunski IR. (3 Bns. – 32 Mgs.)

4th Plevenski IR. (1 Bns. – 8 Mgs.)

GbMGA 212 (8 Mgs.)

66 granade throwers

6 – 53mm infantry guns

Artillery :

         18th Art. Rgt. (32 guns)

         2nd div./14th Art. Rgt. (12 guns)

         5th bty./15th Art. Rgt. (4 guns)

         16 mine throwers

½ mountain division cav. sq.

Mountain Pioneers Battalion (2 Pioneers Cps.)

9th Plevenska Division

Commander : MG. Vladimir Vazov

1st Inf. Brigade

         17th Dorostolski IR. (4 Bns. – 32 Mgs.)

2nd Inf. Brigade

         33rd Svishtorski IR. (3 Bns. – 32 Mgs.)

         34th Troyanski IR. (4 Bns. – 32 Mgs.)

3rd Inf. Brigade : col. Rachev

         57th IR. (3 Bns. – 32 Mgs.)

         58th IR. (3 Bns. – 32 Mgs.)

GbMGA 224, 225, 232 (24 Mgs.)

136 granade throwers

2 – 53mm infantry guns

2 - flamethrowers

9th Art. Brigade

         9th Art. Rgt. (12 guns and 12 light howitzers)

         19th Art. Rgt. (24 guns)

         1st div./3rd Art. Rgt. (8 guns and 4 light howitzers)

         7th bty./13thArt. Rgt. (4 light howitzers)

         4th div./1st/3rd Mnt. Art. Rgt. (12 Skoda mnt. guns)

         3rd/3rd Howitzer Rgt. (4 – 120mm howitzers)

         3rd/2nd Howitzer Rgt. (4 – 120mm howitzers)

         1st Heavy Art. Rgt.

                   8 – 150mm L/17 howitzers

                   2 – 105mm L/35 guns

         FußABtl. 118 (12 – 15cm sFH93)

         1., 2., 9. Bt./Res.FußAR. 8 (4 – 10cm K04, 8 – 10cm K14)

         1., 2. Bt./FußABtl. 159 (4 – 15cm sFH02, 4 – 15cm sFH13)

         2., 3., 4./FußAR. 9 (12 – 10cm K14)

         6. Bt./FußAR. 4 (1 – 21cm Ms10)

         15cm Marine KnBt. 11, 20 (4 - schwere 15cm K.i.R.)

34 mine throwers

9th division cav. sq.

9th Pioneers Battalion

1st/11th Makedonska Division

Commander : col. Banov

1st Inf. Brigade

         60th IR. (3 Bns. – 32 Mgs.)

         61st IR. (3 Bns. – 32 Mgs.)

37 granade throwers

Artillery :

         13th Art. Rgt. (16 guns)

         1 position field platoon (2 guns)

         6th mnt. bty./27th Art. Rgt. (4 Krupp mnt. guns)

         1st Heavy Art. Rgt.

                   2 – 105mm L/35 guns

Army Troops

4th Plevenski IR. (3 Bns. – 24 Mgs.)

66th IR. (3 Bns. – 24 Mgs.)

1st Assault Bn.

42 granade throwers

1 Pioneer Cpy./Mountain Pioneer Bn.

2nd Aeroplane unit

FlAbt. 30, 34, 38 (A)

Jagdstaffel 25

2 A/A guns

1 A/A gun on truck

6 A/A guns

4 A/A Mgs.

64 Battalions, 2 ½ Squadrons, 669 MGs,  461 granade throwers, 108 mine throwers, 2 flamethrowers

411 guns (248 field, 32 mountain, 20 howitzers, 86 heavy, 12 infantry, 13 anti-aircraft)

 

Remarks : units of the 1st Bulgarian Army between the Vardar and the lake of Doiran on 15 August 1918.