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Greek advance
After the victorious Battle of Doiran the Greek forces continued their penetration north. In July 18, the 1st Greek Division, managed to drove back the Bulgarian rear guard and captured an important foothold at the southern end of the Kresna pass.

In the pass, the Greeks were ambushed by the Bulgarian 2nd and 4th Army army which had newly arrived from the Serbian front and had taken defensive positions there. However, after bitter fighting the Greek side managed to break through the Kresna pass. The Greek advance continued and in July 25, the village of Krupnik, north of the pass, was captured, thus the Bulgarian troops had to withdraw to Simitli. Simitli was captured too, at July 26, while at the night of July 27–28 the Bulgarian forces were pushed north to Gorna Dzhumaya (Blagoevgrad), 76 km south of Sofia.

Meanwhile, the Greek forces continued their march inland into western Thrace and on July 26, entered Xanthi and the next day Komotini, without facing opposition.