Albanian Affairs.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 24, 18 June 1914, Page 5

Albanian Affairs.

THE PALACE DEFENDERS REBJFORCED. A HEROIC LEADER.

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Durazzo, 10,

The insurgents lost heavily, the defenders having two killed and 33 wound- .<•<!■ The insurgents renewed their attack and are now within a thousand yards of the Palace. The defenders have I'ccn reinforced from San Giovanni and Alessio.

The Prince of Wied telegraphed to liio Queen of the Netherlands that the .victory was due to Colonel Thomson's tool and heroic leadership.

The insurgents withdrew on learning of the defenders' reinforcements.

FIGHTING CONTINUES,

Received 18, 12.15 a.m. Durazzo, June 17,

Fighting was continuous 011 Monday. The insurgents aimed at tiring out the

garrison, sending forward small contingents with orders to retrain their lire till evening.

Fifteen hundred Malissori loyalists relieved the exhausted Government troops. When firing recommenced the warships turned the searchlights on the'insurgents' positions.

THE INSURGENTS ROUTED.

BY MACHINE GUNS AND STRATEGY.

Received 18, 12.45 p.m. . Durazzo, June 17,

Achmeymati, with 1500 followers, occupied Tirana, placing the rebels, numbering three thousand, between two fires. The rebels thereupon retreated. They wire handicapped by the absence of artillery. The precision of the Government's ma'■'line {runs, served by Dutch, German and Austrian artillerists, was remarkable.