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THE loiACIOOJo,O·TliMc;JAI" UYOU/TIONAfi.Y 01\CIINIZATION 279

T bc organizaùon of inrelligence rhroughour che valley of che River Strouma
by 7th lnfamry Rila Division by che bcginning of 1916 was as follows. Ordcr N
749 on 13m Fcbruary 1916 issued by che commander ofthe division obligcd rhe
commandcr of lsr brigade co organiz.e in che village of H ursovo, in che districr
of Mclnik, an invcsrigation cenrcr. from whicb incelligence co be garhercd tn che
areas: che Roupel defìlc-Demirssar-Scrres-Nigrica-Orpbano gulf an d che Sengelovo-
Karadag mounc:ajns. lnrclligencc was organized by che sraff of che b rigadc. The in·
formacion which was received was senr co che scaff of che division and co thc sta/T
of che army. At che same cime, wich che assistance of che company commanders
of the 3rd and 4th border companies from che 6th border battalion in che village
Piperitsa and Pc:[[ovo - che Mclnik region, cwo local points (or gachcring infor-
mation wc: re organizc:d t24l.
Missions chac che imeUigc:nce service of thc division had co carry out were
organiz.cd in che way dcscribed below:
l ) Anglo-French troops - thc:lr screngch, composicion and acrivicy in che valley
of che Rjver Scroum\1 and ncnr che Orphano Gulf; r.hcir behavlor cowards che
local inh:abirancs w11s of special imerese;
2) Grcek croops: position, screngch nnd composition in che areas mc:nrioned above,
cheir activities and forcifìcntions; che behavior of che Greek soldiers cownrds
che Anglo-French und che Bulgaro-Gcrmans croops; che siruacion reg:uding rear
guard rroops and supplics ml.
The inrelligencc aniviry of the 7rh bordc:r banalion in Ncvrokop, was not or·
ganiz.ed so well by the commander Smnislay Krayovsk i. There werc only cwo couri·
crs who once a week traveled ro Drama and Serrcs, carrying the information rhnr
had been gathered. The missions which had ro be carricd ouc were co verify daras,
rcgarding the garrison in Drama - the number of regimenrs and banalions; rhe
kjnd o( croops - infanrry on arcillery, and che weapons, machine guns etc. with
which the fons were equipped.
In organiting the intelligence service some omissions and mismkcs were made.
For example, in some of the regjons, the groups were duplicared - in one and
che sa me region different groups, sem from different placcs, set up and a cci ve. Such
was che case in che viUnges, Ovaya and Serres, where groups, senr by 6th border
banalion and che intelligcnce section of che Pardsan Decachmem ofcen garhercd.
Such a concencracion of groups hclpcd che activicies of che Entente and Grcek coumer-
intclligcnce. Thc: conclu~ions d rawn by Colone! Prorogerov about the inccUigencc:
service at che beginning of March 1916, was chat ir was noc advisable co scnd lnrge
inrelligcnce groups - consisting of abouc l O persons <26l.
Furt hcr, che incelligencc service suffered from ocher defeccs coo. lncelligcnce
was gathered by the d ivisions, individuaUy. With such an organizarion cvcry divi·
sion scaff had the righe co chink che poi ne i t organized was ics own and this was
why che staff of rhe division proposed casks and gachered informarion only abouc