18 Jun 1914: Massacres in Asia Minor, The Advertiser

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MASSACRES IN ASIA MINOR
HUNDREDS OF GREEKS SLAIN

The Advertiser.(South Australia)
Jun 18, 1914.


                                ATHENS, June 16.
   Refugees from  Asia  Minor  report   that
armed bands are ravaging Fokia, where al-
ready they have  massacred  hundreds  of
Greeks,   including  priests   and   children.
Numbers of the inhabitants fled  from the
district,  and  are now starving.  Many  of
the refugees reaching here have marks of
bayonet or  bullet wounds on their bodies.

 


TURKEY AND GREECE. (1914, June 18). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), p. 16. Retrieved September 2, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6421352

 

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