Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Fall Of Monastir Reported.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 7, 1912:
    ROME, Nov. 6.— The Turkish stronghold of Monastir surrendered at 2 o clock this afternoon to the Servian troops, according to a dispatch from Belgrade to the Tribune.
    The whole of the sixth Turkish Army Corps, commanded by Fethi Pasha, was stationed at Monastir, and many Turkish troops fleeing from other posts in the province had taken refuge there since the beginning of hostilities. The dispatch does not say whether this great Turkish army surrendered to the invaders.
    Monastir has been the scene or many massacres. Half of its population of 40,000 professes the Christian faith.

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