koritza

Updated: May 23, 2025

Much of the army, however, remained in out-of-the-way spots, removing and concealing their insignia, so that the Greek Government might be able to deny that they were soldiers. Formally the Greeks handed over Koritza to the Dutch gendarmerie officers under the International Control, on March 1, 1914.

M. E. (Mary Edith) Durham - Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle

It never reached Koritza, for Essad, who was Minister of War, diverted if for his own purposes. He was in league with the Serbo-Greek combine, and did not mean the Albanians of the South to win. He was hated by all the South for his conduct when commanding gendarmerie in Janina, and also for betraying Scutari. He knew that a victory for the South meant ruin for him.

M. E. (Mary Edith) Durham - Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle