Greece
POSITION AT KAVALLA.
THE BULGARIAN OCCUPATION. CHEEK TROOPS' ENEMY jt «. v. j ai LAMENTABLE SCENES AMONG POPULACE. Press Association —Cop\ right, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 8.00 a.in.) Athens, September 17. I Advices from Yolo state that after the Bulgarian summons, (tenoral Hladjopoulo informed the officers of the Kavalla garrison of the Bulgarian conditions of surrender, adding that the army must surrender to the Bulgarians or the Anglo-1* rench. Altci violent discussion, it was decided to surrender to tho Anglo-French. . General Hadjopoulo asked later whether the army would he kept prisoner until tho end of hostilities, and the A lies replied that they were unable to accept them, inasmuch as Greece was not a belligerent enemy. At. Cliristodoulos in the meantime declared for joining the revolutionaries at Salonika, and applied for steamers. General Hadjopoulo decided on the surrender of the army. Tho Bulgarians endeavoured to prevent the men joining Cliristodoulos. War material and rifles were pillaged, and tho objects scattered ' in the, streets; the breeches of the remaining guns wore thrown into the sea, and the military motor cars were destroyed.
Foreign information proves that Hadjopoulo’s men had the opportunity to rejoin Greece.
Four thousand refugees from Kavalla have arrived at Nolo from 1 liases, Tho population are enraged !lt tho stories of sufferings. There wore lamentable scenes, parents seeking their children, and weeping children seeking their parents, many having been separated in the hurried flight. Two Greek companies with fixed bayonets at Kavalla prevented a large number of the 18th regiment of Christodoulos’ division going to 'Phases, compelling them to accompany (Hladjopoulo to Drama. 1 According to the refugees, seventy officers and 800 soldiers proceeded to Drama with Hadjoponlos, while 80 officers and 2000 men accompanied Christodoulos to Thasos. The artillery and troops of the 4th corps with 20 guns followed Christodoulos. When Kavalla surrendered, the Bulgarian commander, at the head oi cavalrymen, declared that ho occupied the town in tho name of Tsar Ferdinand.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 43, 18 September 1916, Page 5
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