SEIZURE OF A GREEK FORT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13973, 20 April 1916, Page 7

SEIZURE OF A GREEK FORT.

The action of. thd| Allies following the torpedoing, of one <5f our boats, practically m tho hurbon mouth, has further secured the saf etyf; of the expedition whatever contingency may arise. Before daylight the other': morning a strong Allied fleet steamed] out of harbor, and by dawn had taken up a position m front of the forts af> Caru Bpurnu. Five aeroplanes were' sent up, and, .the Greek commander jWas a«ked to hand over the position. |Ia temporised for a. wliile, but really haliad no 'option, and ft -detachment tha? included British, French, Russian, at d Italian took,- possession and the fla js of these nations jiow float alongside] that of Greece over the large fort at Gk 'v Bournu and over a smaller one oppos te. The Greek farrison, with the cxci ption of a corporal and small guard, was brought to town, and the Allies ' hawa explained to the Greek Government' jthat the submarine attack on the Noi'femari m territorial waters showed thatSfc possibility existed of o,n incui'sion m» the harbor itself, adid it was essentml .that they should control the forts at the entrance. There -has', I am' afraid, been a good deal of feeing on . ■ , the subject, but the position here is so anomalous that it is not possible to be too squeamish where the vital interests of the Allied forces are at stake. •