the 1st Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Mountain Artillery Squadron 6th Infantry Division (VI Μεραρχία), under Col Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, at Platykambos 1st Evzone Regiment 17th Infantry Regiment 18th Infantry Regiment 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 7th Infantry Division (VII Μεραρχία), still forming at Larissa under Col Kleomenis Kleomenous 19th Infantry Regiment 20th Infantry Regiment 21st Infantry Regiment 3rd Squadron of the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment Machine-gun Squadron Cavalry Brigade (Ταξιαρχία Ιππικού), under Maj Gen Alexandros Soutsos, at Farkadona and Zarkos 1st Cavalry Regiment 3rd Cavalry Regiment Gennadis Detachment (Απόσπασμα Γεννάδη), under Col Stefanos Gennadis, covering the army's left flank at Koniskos 1st Evzone Battalion 4th Evzone Battalion Konstantinopoulos Detachment (Απόσπασμα Κωνσταντινοπούλου), under Col Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos, covering the army's right flank, northeast of Tyrnavos 2nd Evzone Battalion 6th Evzone Battalion Army of Epirus The theatre of operations of Epirus was of secondary strategic importance, with the Army of Epirus having initially a purely defensive mission. Initially, the Army of Epirus was outnumbered by the Ottoman forces in the area (Yanya Corps under Esad Pasha), which numbered about 20,000 men. It nevertheless pushed back the initial Ottoman assaults, took Preveza and advanced to the approaches of the Ioannina fortified zone. Two attacks on the city in December and January were repulsed by the Ottoman forces, but after extensive preparations and transfer of forces from Macedonia, the city fell following the Battle of Bizani. The Army of Epirus was commanded until by Lt Gen Konstantinos Sapountzakis, and thereafter by Crown Prince Constantine. Order of battle, 18 October 1912 The Army of Epirus was composed of several independent units of roughly divisional strength. Its forces numbered eight infantry and Evzone battalions, one cavalry company and 24 guns, totalling some 10,500 men in the early days of the war. At the outbreak of the war, it comprised the following units, concentrated in and around Arta: 15th Infantry Regiment 3rd Evzone Battalion 3rd Independent Evzone Battalion, 7th Evzone Battalion 10th Reserve Evzone Battalion 2nd National Guard Battalion 2nd Fortress Artillery Squadron 3rd Field Artillery Squadron/4th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Mountain Artillery Squadron To these were later added two battalions of Cretans, as well as the volunteer Garibaldini legion. On , these forces formed the Epirus Division (), renamed in February 1913 as the 8th Infantry Division (). In early December, the Army of Epirus was reinforced with the 2nd Infantry Division, followed on 27