Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Officer Killed Djavid Pasha.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 31, 1912:
Turkish Leader Reported Shot by One of His Own Subordinates.
    BELGRADE, Oct. 30.— Djavid Pasha was shot and killed by one of his own officers because he ordered further resistance at Veles, according to reports received here from Uskulo.
    The reports are to the effect that a quarrel occurred among the Turkish commanders after their defeat at Kumanova by the Servians. The result was that Zekki Pasha, the Commander in Chief, ordered a retreat, while a few officers, acting on their own responsibility, ordered their men to resist the Servian advance at Veles.

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