RUSSIANS IN CRETE.
Extraordinary Action of an Officer LONDON. August 22. | ,_ There is great indignation at Canea, ! ?* Crete, over the action of Colonel Ur- j commander of the Russian de- j ; wiment acting against the rebels. j The insurgents at Aisipopoulo had | •TOenated the place to join the Retimo j «n-__._nd the Russians occupied it with- ; out fighting. I He at once demanded of the inhabitants I *80 as blood money for the death of Rus*sn soldiers. The inhabitants refused to pay. on the J*°ttnd that they were not responsible for j of the insurgents. \ colonel then seized draught ani- j *■*», and ,o!c them, to provide the blood j ISeS. and threatened to burn the vil- j «t»if the Russians were again attacked. [
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 201, 23 August 1905, Page 5
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