. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. ed to put Bul-garia out of the war and redeem Serbia from aliendomination after the Allied push into Macedoniawas commenced Sept. 16, 1918. The Serbian army,which had escaped from its own country after de-feat by the armies of Germany, Austria and Bul-garia in 1915, had been reorganized and outfittedwith British and French help. A British, Frenchand Greek army of 600,000 men had been assem-bled in and around Saloniki, and a foothold hadbeen obtained in Serbian territory by the recaptureof Monastir. The conquest of Macedonia present
. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. ed to put Bul-garia out of the war and redeem Serbia from aliendomination after the Allied push into Macedoniawas commenced Sept. 16, 1918. The Serbian army,which had escaped from its own country after de-feat by the armies of Germany, Austria and Bul-garia in 1915, had been reorganized and outfittedwith British and French help. A British, Frenchand Greek army of 600,000 men had been assem-bled in and around Saloniki, and a foothold hadbeen obtained in Serbian territory by the recaptureof Monastir. The conquest of Macedonia presented difficul-ties comparable only to those in the Italian moun-tain campaigns. Railroads were few. Even wagonroads through the wooded and rugged region werescarce in number and of little value. But thethrust by the Allies pushed the Bulgarians backinto their own country, and they were glad to sur-render Sept. 29. This compact, like those with Austria and Tur-key later, was an unconditional surrender by Bul-garia, including the use of Bulgarian territory for M. A Story of the War 131 military operations against the other enemies. Itwas the first collapse of one of the four hostile na-tions and foreshadowed the early end of the war. Greeks took part in this offensive as the resultof the deposition of the Greek King Constantine,which was forced by the AKies June 12, had been pro-German with little dis-guise from the beginning of the war, being influ-enced by his wife, a sister of the German was succeeded by his second son, Alexander. CHAPTER War with Turkey. Turkey was known to be in league with Ger-many from the outset of the war, but was not offi-cially declared an enemy b^^ Great Britain andFrance till Nov. 5, 1914, as the result of numerousacts in aid of the Central Powers. The Germanshad built a railroad to Bagdad and another in Syriain pursuance of a policy of Germanizing all AsiaticTurkey and reaching out toward Egypt and a
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