King Constantine of Greece in military uniform.
König Konstantin von Griechenland(König der Hellenen).King Constantine of Greece(King of the Hellenes).4710Logo: NPGOrig.-Augn. von E. BieberHofphot., Berlin V.Original photo by E. BieberHofphot., Berlin W.
"Friday, June 2, 1916.The attitude of the Greek Government has become impossible; the fact of its collusion with the Bulgarian Government is obvious. The personal complicity of King Constantine cannot be doubted.I have had a long talk with Sazonov on this subject, and he has empowered me to telegraph to Paris that he approved here and now of any measures France and England may think necessary to take against Greece.Between the Adige and the Brenta the Italians are beginning to recover. The Austrian offensive has been almost held up."
Entry from the memoirs of Maurice Paléologue, French Ambassador to Russia, for Friday, June 2, 1916. On May 26, 1916, a German-Bulgarian force advanced on Fort Rupel near the Bulgarian border in northeast Greece. Initially resisting, the garrison was ordered by the Greek Government to surrender the fort. The loss of this defensive barrier in ostensibly neutral Greece threatened the Allied forces in Salonica, and made blatant the pro-German position of Greek King Constantine and his Government. The Entente Allies would move against the Greek Government the next day. Sergei Sazonov was the Russian Foreign Minister. After being driven back for two weeks by the Austro-Hungarian Asiago Offensive, the Italians were slowing the invaders.
An Ambassador's Memoirs Vol. II by Maurice Paléologue, page 268, publisher: George H. Doran Company
1916-06-02, 1916, June, Greece, Constantine, Sazonov, Asiago Offensive, King Constantine, King Constantine of Greece, Constantine, King of Greece
