THE SEETHING BALKANS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2179, 18 June 1914, Page 5

THE SEETHING BALKANS

ALBANIAN INSURGENTS BEATEN OFF TIMELY REINFORCEMENTS FOR PRINCE WILLIAM By Teleßrnph—Preps Association-Copyright □ urazzo, Juno 16. Tho insurgents lost lieavily. The defenders had two killed and thirty-fivo wounded. After tho insurgents had renewed the attack, and wero within a thousand yards of tho Palace, the defenders were reinforced from San Giovanni and Lsssco. The insurgents then withdrew. Prince Williani of Wied telegraphed to tho Queen of the Netherlands that tho victory was, duo to Colonel Thomson's cool, heroic leadership. ARMED BANDS PLUNDERING AND PILLACINC. ATROCITIES IN ASIA MINOR, Athens, June IG. Refugees from Asia Minor report that armed bands ravaged Fokia and massacred one hundred Greeks, including priests and children. The inhabitants fled, starving. Many of tho refugees are suffering from bayonet and bullet wounds. "Times" and Sydncv "Sun" Service* Athens.. June 16. Since tho Balkan war Greece and Turkey have ' increased their naval strength. Several British officers have been borrowed. REMARKABLE MACHINE-GUN WORK. (Rec. June 18, 0.45 a.m.) Durazzo, June 17. Achmeymati, with 1500 followers, occupied Tirana, placing tho rebels—numbering 3000—between two fires. Tho rebels thereupon retreated. They are handicapped by the absence of artillery. The precision of the Government's machine-guns, 6crved by Dutch, Gorman, and Austrian artillerists, was remarkable. (Rec. Juno 13, 0.15 a.m.) Durrazzo, June 17. Fighting was continuous on Monday. Tho insurgents aimed at tiring out tho garrison by sending forward small contingents, with orders to restrain their fire till the evening. - Fifteen hundred Malissori loyalists relieved the exhausted Government troops, and when the firing recommenced the warships directed their searchlights on the insurgents' positions.