DELIBERATE TREACHERY.
AFTER THE KIMG'S ASSURANCE OF PEACE.
ALLIED TROOPS FIRED ON. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Press Assn.—Reed. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 4. Details of Friday's events in Athens are not yet known in London and Paris, but it is understood that King Constantine assured the 'Vllied Ministers that no disturbances need bo feared and the contingents of sailors and marines landed were therefore small. When the British proceeded to take up the position assigned to them they found a strong Greek force in possession. While the British were retiring the Greeks treacherously fired and the British suffered considerable casualties. The Greeks also used machine guns against a French contingent, upon which the tUlied warships opened fire. King Constantine then proposed an armistice on the condition that the warships ceased fire and that the Allied contingents were withdrawn, the Greeks handing over six batteries instead of ten.
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Northern Advocate, 5 December 1916, Page 3
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148DELIBERATE TREACHERY. Northern Advocate, 5 December 1916, Page 3
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