Sunday, December 2, 2012

Durazzo Welcomed Army.

New York Times 100 years ago today, December 2, 1912:
Servians Arrived Unkempt and Exhausted.
    LONDON, Monday, Dec. 2.— A dispatch from Durazzo to The Daily Telegraph says:
    "The Servians entered Durazzo without firing a shot. With almost religious solemnity the ragged Servian troops marched out of the mountains into the town.
    "An Austrian steamer with wireless, left the harbor as the Servians arrived.
    "The vanguard of Servian horsemen, accompanied by citizens who had gone forth to meet them, were welcomed in behalf of the Moslems by Mohammedan priests, while the Christians were represented by the Metropolitan. The soldiers, who entered the war as fine strapping fellows, are now unkempt and exhausted, their uniforms tattered, their boots mud-encased and rotting on their feet.
    "The Servian officer announced that the Servians would bring peace and good order, and having reached Durazzo, their grand enterprise was ended. The crowd exclaimed: ' Long live Servia and its King.' "

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