. Battlefields of the World War, western and southern fronts; a study in military geography . thwest past the peaks of Sokol, Dobropolye,Kravitsa, Vetrenik, Koziak, and Blatets, to the Kechikaya massifon the northeast. Despite its oblique trend, the crest gives offa number of ridge spurs which extend approximately east or westfrom several of the peaks mentioned and which form excellent suc-cessive lines of defense against an attack from the south. Thus ithappened that after the capture of the Kaimakchalan massif bythe Serbs, the Bulgarian first line passed through Mounts Sokoland Dobropolye, w
. Battlefields of the World War, western and southern fronts; a study in military geography . thwest past the peaks of Sokol, Dobropolye,Kravitsa, Vetrenik, Koziak, and Blatets, to the Kechikaya massifon the northeast. Despite its oblique trend, the crest gives offa number of ridge spurs which extend approximately east or westfrom several of the peaks mentioned and which form excellent suc-cessive lines of defense against an attack from the south. Thus ithappened that after the capture of the Kaimakchalan massif bythe Serbs, the Bulgarian first line passed through Mounts Sokoland Dobropolye, while their second line reached the crest atMount Koziak, which formed its principal buttress. A third linewas based in part on east-west ridges north of Mount Koziak. BATTLE OF MOGLENITSA 629 Another interesting feature of the terrain consists of severalimportant ridges which extend northward from the obliquecrest, to reach the river trenches bounding the famous of these reaches north from Mount Koziak direct to theCherna gorge near the middle of the triangles western side. A. tffSokoU NM* Dobropolye MKaintaktrtialarf Fig. 165—Map of the Moglenitsa basin and the mountainous triangle betweenthe Cherna and Vardar Rivers, along the Serbo-Greek frontier. second, known as the Marianska range, runs northeast from theKechikaya massif to overlook the Demir Kapu gorge of the Var-dar, about the middle of the triangles eastern side. Betweenthese two another ridge leads from near Mount Blatets straightto the apex of the triangle, at the river junction. If the Bulgarianfront on the main oblique crest was broken, these ridges wouldform highland pathways along which the victors might advanceto the bounding river gorges, at the same time clearing thetriangle of enemy troops by fire directed into the valleys 630 BATTLEFIELD OF THE BALKANS and upon the lower ridges from advantageous positions onthe heights. The initial attack would be the most difficult. From the loftySokol and th
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