Thursday, October 18, 2012

Balkan Nations Proclaim War; Fighting Begun.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 18, 1912:
Million Men Under Arms in Five Nations — Three Kings at the Front.
GREEK BOATS PASS FORTS
Break Blockade in Gulf of Arta — Turkish and Greek Outposts on the Frontier Clash.
SERVIANS CLAIM A VICTORY
Report in Vienna That Montenegrins Have Been Routed — Movements on Bulgarian Frontier Hidden.
BANK RATES ALL GOING UP
Bank of England and Bank of France Take Action — German and Austrian Banks to Follow.
Special Cables to The New York Times.
    PARIS, Friday, Oct. 18.— The Matin publishes an Athens telegram, dispatched at 1 o'clock this morning, stating that the Greek Government has ordered the Greek Minister at Constantinople to deliver this morning a declaration of war against Turkey.

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