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the village of Beya.zedily, in the Koukoush region. The latter d.isguised che non·
commissioned officier as a villager and rook him 10 the heighrs south from che vii·
!age Sarchdouanly, a~d even funher ro che south - up ro rhe hill chat is sou1h
of the village Allexia 12!1.
A scou1, whose name is no1 mcntioned, ceported in jllne 1918 that che fa·
mous Servi an leader Kosta Pckyanac had in May 19 L8 passed, through La n, the
region of Prishtina, in Austria n terrirory - in Vouchirrn. There he had mer Bel
Popova - an Albanian -w ho was the organizer of a group of Albani an brigands.
The latter ofcen wenr ioro rhe Moravian and Macedoruan discricts ro rob.
The meeting poim for che robbers was in the village o( Globodezhn~ io the
district of Prishtina cw.
Grearer attention was paid 10 organizing aod collecring intclligence by che scours
&om 1he Partisan Deraclunenr. lt is logical, because at that cime che de1achmenr
conrrolled che basic part of che imelligence cadres on rbe Tessaloniki &onr. lo ad·
dition che basic efions of che inrelligence seccion were conrroUed, as has already
sa id, at rhe main operarive·stralegic cenrers ar Srrouma and che Vardar. But ocher
incelligence groups were operacing in chese areas - the groups belonging to rhe
border barcalioos aod ro rhe 7th lnfanrry Rila Division. Their scouts cooperaced
with their collegues from the Partisan Detaclunem and ofcen tbe data, received from
them, was cransfered ro the Detachmenr's point~ for gathering informarion.
The incelligence service in rhe 6th border batta.lion, whose commander was
in Petrich, was manned by rnlsted and experienced reservists &om the barcalion,
who were familiar wicb tbe counuy-side and with che population. They were or·
gaoized io rhe following way:
l) along the front- the h ili "Visoka chouka heigh1'' (north of ilie Bourkovo Lake)
- a group of ilie scouts periodically penerrated Eagean Macedonia and madc
inquiries around che villages, Sbougovo, Mamirsa - near Demicssar, where
chey, and chrough !oca! agents, collecred che necessary information abouc che
region in the vaUey of Poroy and on che mouncaio, Krousha - north of
Koukoush;
2) along the front- rhe Kalebair height- the River ofSrrouma (where the river
crosses che border): another grou.p of scouts emered Greek renirory aod madc
inquiries in the regio n around che village Boursouk and in che region of Secces,
data was gathered in rhe same way, and men wenr as far as the Demirssar, Serres,
Nigrira, Negovan, Gjuvesna (Gvozdevo), Lagadina, Thessalonike;
3) at the front - the River Strouma, and on the mouncain Aliboroush - a rhird
group made inquiries in rhe region of rhe viLlage, Etleshnirsa, and penerrared
in che same way up ro Demirsar and Serres.
The links berween che groups and the barcalion was ensured by couriers. The
information, which was received was processed and added co datas, rece.ived from
the poinc for gathering informauon in Petricb: afrer char all the informarion was
senr to the intelligence sec:tion of rhe Pa.rrisan Detachment. The im~lligence service
of the barralion was under the command of tbe leader Tasko Sroilkov !23l.