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nated - rbe first was thc leader of thc Jerachmem, whilc rhe othcr cwo werc ;lt·
cached ro the detachmenr's smffm. The dcrachmenc was under thc command of
rhc 3rd Brigade- of the 11th Infantty Macedonian Division.
T hc Panisan Dctachment was made up of a staff, points for gathering infor-
mation, a parùsan company and parrisan placoons m. Thc smff consisted of: a chi d
(commander) - che commander of the 3rd Brigade from the Il th lnfancry Macedo-
nian Division - Colo nel Alexander Prowgcrov; rhc inrelligence sccrion whose chief
was Capraio Konstancin Panov m; aml the adminisuative scction whose chief was
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Lieurenant Nikola Left:erov. Thc Sraff Personnel numbercd 47 men <>.
The Adminisrrative section numbered 20 men. le was responsiblc for rhe ad-
minisrracion of rhe rerrirories in Maceclon.ia occupied by rhe Bulgaria n army. Thc
people in this seccion were ali horn in Macedonia and were wcll-educated men m.
Therc were reo points for gathering information - each of which had a chi cf
and six couricrs. As a rule - nor more than six poims were funcdoning ar onc
and tbc samc rime: !or examplc: N l • in Kjusrendil; N 2 · in Scroumirsa: N 3
- in Gorna Djoumaja; N 4 - In Nevrokop; N 5 - in Perrich; N 6 - in che villagc
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of Perrovo, Demirhissar disuict >. As hostilities developed che poinrs for gather-
ing informarion followed rhc combar order of rhe rroops.
The nced to garher inform41cion abour rhe Entente forces meanr that a broadly
developed inrelligence service bad robe crcared, the cadres for whicb were che leaders
and ·the rcvolurionarics from IM.AR.O with combar experience. As a rule rhey were
famìliar with the siruarion- geographical, ropographicaJ, echnic and therefore of
che disrricr where are serving, and chey had a nerwork of assisranrs in che nearby
villages (1)_ Ali rhe incelligcnce work was organiscd and do ne over rhe whole Somh
Front by revolurionarics of che Parrisan Deracbmem. The informa cio n was se m ro
the Army sraff.
The branchcs of che: .inreUigencc section are che poinrs for garhering informa-
cion and the partisan plaroons. During the ursr quartcr of 1916 sucb poinrs were
organiscd on Bulgarian rerrirory along che whole BuJgaro-Greek border, induding
O br id, Progradccs and Elbasan. The main functioo of tbc poinrs and plaroons was
colleccing- inrelligence. Ar thc same rime rhey gavc help ro che local cornmanders,
especially in organising the coumerimclligence (counrerspionage) in the border d.is-
rricr. The inrelligence which funcrioncd wcsr of tbe River Tcherna were joined co
the inrelligence secrion of rhe Firsr Army sraff. Larer, whe.n rhe l J rh Gcrma.n army
was formed, the inrelligence poinrs, and rhc poincs for gathering information, or·
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ganised ro serve tbem, also assistcd rhe imeUigence branches of rhis Army < >. Thcy
cook rheir ordeC's from thc Germans. and rhey had co send rhem che informarion.
Bu.t a common direttive for thcir a([ivities was given by the sraff of rhe Parrisan
Detachmenc. The larer was a Iso responsible for supplying men and marerial, as well
as for thc paymenc of salades <9>.
Lncelligencc gamering was mainly concenrrared oo che Srrouma and Vardar
valleys. Because the offensive of che Anglo-French troops could be expecred in rhese