CREEKS' RESISTANCE.
WORTHY OF NATION'S HIGHEST TRAD3T!9NS.
LONDON, August 21. (I'iHoi\p«l Aug ? c \, .it 8.40 p.m.) 'I lie Vtlieius correspondent of the Daily Chronicle wiitcs: " i'lie heroic .struggle of the Greeks icsisting the Hiilgars at Fort l'licapctra and elsev.heie lias stincd the coimtrj's imagi> nation. Colonel Ghristodnnlns, commandant at Seres, sajs the Pheapetra garrison disputed even inch of ground. 'I'lieir late is unknot n. He believes that the fight was kept up till the last man fell dead. Out of the Slarcista garrison only two wounded (ireeks were left at the conclusion of the com* bat. Colonel Cliristodoulos enthusiastically declares that there still remain (ireeks who are worth) companions of I,eoni> das's soldiers, knowing how to die to save the honour of Greece. Port I'lieapetrs will perhaps some day figure in history with Therniopyla:. Colonel Christodonlos is prepared to detend Seres to the last. It is reported at Iso that the de= fenders of Kilkitch suffered heavily from 'vastly superior Bulgarian forces. The Greek losses at Demirhissar are not known. It is feared that they are isolated after a glorious resistance.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16782, 25 August 1916, Page 5
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181CREEKS' RESISTANCE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 16782, 25 August 1916, Page 5
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