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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1912
Page
2
Athens reports Greek forces have captured Prevesa in Epirus at 4 PM as a naval squadron had already moved into the harbor earlier without resistance. The town lies on the north side of the Gulf of Arta with its port blockaded by the Greek fleet.
Greek forces blew up a Turkish battery at the heights near Prevesa and Turkish irregulars fled, with 450 captured. A Turkish torpedo boat in the Gulf of Arta was shelled and burned as Ottoman forces mass at Janina. General Riccitti Garibaldi arrives Patras with 3000 foreigners and Greeks, ready to fight. Saint Petersburg sends $50,000 to aid allies.
The Turkish army is retreating to the last line of fortifications outside the capital after the government issued an official bulletin admitting defeat in the great battle. It notes mixed fortunes and stresses duties to safeguard the fatherland while defending Scutari and Janin areas.
A Greek division led by General Smolensky landed at Stavros and occupies the Chalcis peninsula villages and mining district plus Poligro. Turkish officials expelled. Greek forces march toward Saloniki with 6000 armed peasants. Saloniki to be attacked from west and east. municipal authorities favor surrender.
A Constantinople government bulletin tonight concedes defeat to Bulgarian forces in Thrace. The note says embassies in Constantinople have been asked to seek mediation from the powers to halt fighting and craft a peace accord. Ambassadors had previously been asked to aid in termination efforts.
A sequence of engagements from November detailing Montenegro declaring war on Turkey, Montenegrin advances at Tarabosch and Tushi, Servian and Greek declarations of war, and successive Bulgarian and Servian captures including Pristina Novi Pazar Uskup Scutari and Lule Burgas. The period ends with Turkish retreat to Tchorlu and a mediation appeal to powers.
The Porte asked by several nations to permit one warship from each great power to pass through the Dardanelles and received compliance. The move was presented as a guarantee of safety for native Christians and possibly others in the region.
Foreign navies converge on the Turkish capital with warships to safeguard Christians and their interests in Turkey. Bulgaria resists external intervention, demanding direct Turkish appeal to the allies. Turkish forces retreat to fortified lines outside Constantinople while fighting continues along Techorlu to Serai as Bulgarians press forward.
Constantinople is in uproar as battle disasters feed fear among locals and foreigners. The city, under siege, sees crime unchecked in some districts while families flee. Citizens dread Moslem fanaticism and a possible desperate soldier mutiny near the outskirts, threatening the capital.
As Turkish forces clash in Thrace fears rise for foreigners and native Christians. More than 29 000 Muslim refugees worsen tensions while rumors of a Young Turks plot swirl. Foreign warships and strict siege rules aim to avert massacre amid bold Turkish maneuvers around Adrianople and Chatalja defenses.
Austrian suspicions hinder a Paris Vienna accord on a declaration of territorial disinterestedness. France Russia and Great Britain seek no territorial demands while meditating mediation. Austria’s response and Balkan League plans shape the era’s diplomacy.
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