General Petitti di Roreto, for information on the events of the early period of the campaign;
General Ernesto Mombelli, who supplied me with a great deal of useful information and advice on the latter period;
Colonel Vitale, under whom I worked for some time, and who first instructed me in the duties of a liaison officer;
Colonel Fenoglietto, who kindly provided a part of the photographs reproduced in the book;
Commendatore Fracassetti, director of the Museo del Risorgimento in Rome, who kindly placed a large number of photographs at my disposal, authorizing me to make use of them;
Captain Harold Goad, British liaison officer with the Italian force from soon after its landing at Salonica until it was broken up in the summer of 1919, who supplied me with many details concerning the topography of the Italian area of the Macedonian front, which he knew stone by stone, and his notes and recollections of many political and military episodes. Few men have done such admirable and disinterested work in favour of good relations between Britain and Italy, both during and after the war, as this officer, who was most deservedly decorated with the Italian silver medal for valour in the field.
L. V.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| PREFATORY NOTE | [5] | |
| CHAPTER | ||
| I. | INTRODUCTION—REASONS FOR THE MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN AND FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF ITALY. POLITICAL INTRIGUES AND FIRST MILITARY OPERATIONS | [11] |
| II. | OPERATIONS IN THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN OF 1916 | [36] |
| III. | THE COMMAND OF THE ALLIED ARMIES IN THE ORIENT. THE FRENCH TROOPS | [56] |
| IV. | THE BRITISH SALONICA FORCE | [68] |
| V. | THE SERBIANS | [85] |
| VI. | THE ITALIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE | [96] |
| VII. | OPERATIONS IN THE WINTER AND SPRING OF 1917 | [118] |
| VIII. | GREEK AFFAIRS | [137] |
| IX. | SALONICA AND THE WAY THITHER | [157] |
| X. | IRRITATION AGAINST GENERAL SARRAIL | [171] |
| XI. | FROM THE SALONICA FIRE TO THE RECALL OF SARRAIL | [179] |
| XII. | GENERAL GUILLAUMAT | [191] |
| XIII. | MARKING TIME. ARRIVAL OF GENERAL FRANCHET D’ESPÉREY | [199] |
| XIV. | ON THE EVE OF THE OFFENSIVE | [211] |
| XV. | THE BATTLE OF THE BALKANS | [225] |
| XVI. | FINAL OPERATIONS | [255] |
| APPENDIX A. LETTER FROM VOIVOD MICHICH TO GENERAL PETITTI DI RORETO CONCERNING THE FIGHTING ON HILL 1050 IN FEBRUARY 1917 | [271] | |
| APPENDIX B. LOSSES OF THE BELLIGERENTS DURING THE MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN | [272] | |
| APPENDIX C. GENERAL FRANCHET D’ESPÉREY’S TELEGRAM TO THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT CONCERNING THE ARMISTICE NEGOTIATIONS WITH BULGARIA | [273] | |
| APPENDIX D. ARMISTICE BETWEEN THE ALLIES AND BULGARIA, SIGNED AT SALONICA ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1918 | [274] | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | [277] | |
| INDEX | [279] | |