during the balkan wars, he headed the intelligence bureau of the general headquarters. his detailed maps, compiled during his journeys across macedonia, proved invaluable during the war. exadaktylos also served as a military expert in the greek delegations to the london and bucharest peace conferences. in 1915 he was appointed in the intelligence and civil affairs directorate of the general staff. due to his royalist convictions, he sided against eleftherios venizelos during the national schism and was dismissed from the army in 1917.