SHADOW OF WAR.

Mataura Ensign, 17 June 1914, Page 5

SHADOW OF WAR.

THE NEAR EAST. TUEKIGS-3 AND GREEK NAVIES. 8T BLECTEIC TELEGBAPH COPTBIGHT TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SEBVICES. Received June 17. 8.30 a.m. ATHENS, June 16. Since the Balkan War, Greece and Turkey have increased their naval strength and the .services of several British officers have been borrowea. 103 GREEKS MASSACRED. . a '' Received June' 17. 10.10 a.m. ATHENS, June 16. Refugees! from Asia Minor have reported that armed bands ravaged Fakia and massacred"" 100 Greeks, including priests and children. The inhabitants fled ,and are starving. Many refugees carry bayonet and bullet wounds. A BRAVE OFFICER. DURAZZO, June 15. The guard at the head of a bridge over a canal near the town was surprised by the insurgents and driven in. Reinforcements consisting of Malissori were sent, and thev held the trenches on the other side of the road. A furious fire was maintained and much ammunition wasted. Colonel' Thompson urged the defenders to. leave* the trenches and advance. He showed the way and several followed, but promptly returned to tlie tranche®. " Colonel Thompson was hit m, th« neck and fell in the open. No Albanian went to his assurance, but two Europeans carried him to a house, where he died in: a few minutes. The defence '■•f the Pr-nce of Wied's res-'dence and the Legations has been arsigned to Italian sailors.