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Envelope containing three telegraph messages reporting on the progress of the Battle of Doiran, 18 to 19 Sep 1918. A Greek and British assault on a Bulgarian held hill, the Battle of Doiran was an Entente defeat by heavily entrenched Bulgarians in Macedonia. There are references to places appearing on the previous maps of Thessalonica. Presumably Holmes kept them as souvenirs From papers collected by Capt Eric Richard Hanby Holmes, 1913-1941. Hanby Holmes served with the Artist’s Rifles and 6th Bn The Durham Light Infantry. By the end of the war Hanby Holmes was attached to the Royal Engineers for Army Signal Service. Papers were collected primarily while serving on the Salonika Front during World War One (1914-1918).

Doiran, 2nd Battle of, 1918 (World War One, Salonika 1914-1918)