TURCO-GRECIAN WAR.
Athens, SEVEHAL hundred of the rcjmrcs Lave refused to proceed to the front. Unless peace is proclaimed before harvest the loss to Greuco will be 10 million drachmas.
The Turkish forces are advancing upon Doiuoku, which is exposed to attack from the rear. The Greok army at that place will in all probability have to capitulate. Tbe foieign embassies are urging the rorte to grant a truce. The war patty are opposed to this before the capture of Domoku. Turkey is said to demand a war indemnity of eight millions. It is reported that the Greek forces have captured the ruins of Nikopolis tour miles north of Previsa, and that they are now attacking the latter town by land and sea. CONSTAMTIKOM.E, May 14.
The Turkish squadron captured eleven Greek vessels, and has brought them into the Dardanelles.
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Waikato Argus, Volume II, Issue 135, 18 May 1897, Page 2
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140TURCO-GRECIAN WAR. Waikato Argus, Volume II, Issue 135, 18 May 1897, Page 2
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