RE-FORTIFICATION OF THE BOSPHORUS.
FIENDISH TREACHERY AND MASSACRE. UNSPEAKABLE ATROCITIES. United Press AaMWrtJCß—gy BUotrio (Received September 11, 8.55 aim-) CONSTANTINOPLE, September 10. The Sultan has issued an irade ordering the re-construction of the fortification* on the Bosphorus and at Adrianople, CWtolja and Erzeroum. i Sixty pewtmts in the kUlaaew Neve*** surrendered under a proclainationr of par* don, and were jnassacred and their bodiea thrown into a, wv}ne. Columns of amoks were seen uythe neighbourhood of Neve»ta,* which is the centre of * drive now being executed by the Turk* from five point*. Details of the destruction of a, village in. Armenia, m the Debra district, to hand* show that the insurgent* hwing withdrawn the troops found only Greeks and Wailachians. Men, women and children were massacred, their house* looted and 1 burned, aad t^e few survivort horribly hacked about.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7807, 11 September 1903, Page 2
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138RE-FORTIFICATION OF THE BOSPHORUS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7807, 11 September 1903, Page 2
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