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An advertising card of the Greek Army from the series Armées des États Balcaniques, published in 1910.
The card shows, from left to right: an artillery detachment, a soldier in battle dress and another in parade dress, a cavalry man, an infantry officer, two hunters of a battalion of evzones, and a mountain artillery officer.
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Grèce. - Le service militaire obligatoire est en vigueur en Grèce. L'effectif total, en temps de paix, est d'environ 23,000 hommes; en cas de mobilisation, on compte disposer de 80,000 troupiers, sans compter l'armée territoriale et ses réserves. Sur le recto de cette carte, nous voyons, de gauche à droite: un détachement d'artillerie, un fantassin en tenue de campagne et un autre en grande tenue, un cavalier, un officier d'infanterie, deux chasseurs d'un batallion d'evzones, un officier d'artillerie de montagne.
Greece. - Greece has Compulsory military service. The total force, in times of peace, is about 23,000 men; in case of mobilization, one can expect 80,000 soldiers, plus the Territorial Army and its reserves. On the front of this card, we see, from left to right: an artillery detachment, a soldier in battle dress and another in parade dress, a cavalry man, an infantry officer, two hunters of a battalion of evzones, and a mountain artillery officer.
Armées des États Balcaniques. Greece.
Véritable Extrait de Viande Liebig.
Voir L’Explication au verso.

An advertising card of the Greek Army from the series Armées des États Balcaniques, published in 1910.
The card shows, from left to right: an artillery detachment, a soldier in battle dress and another in parade dress, a cavalry man, an infantry officer, two hunters of a battalion of evzones, and a mountain artillery officer.

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Armées des États Balcaniques. Greece.

Véritable Extrait de Viande Liebig.

Voir L’Explication au verso.



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Grèce. - Le service militaire obligatoire est en vigueur en Grèce. L'effectif total, en temps de paix, est d'environ 23,000 hommes; en cas de mobilisation, on compte disposer de 80,000 troupiers, sans compter l'armée territoriale et ses réserves. Sur le recto de cette carte, nous voyons, de gauche à droite: un détachement d'artillerie, un fantassin en tenue de campagne et un autre en grande tenue, un cavalier, un officier d'infanterie, deux chasseurs d'un batallion d'evzones, un officier d'artillerie de montagne.



Greece. - Greece has Compulsory military service. The total force, in times of peace, is about 23,000 men; in case of mobilization, one can expect 80,000 soldiers, plus the Territorial Army and its reserves. On the front of this card, we see, from left to right: an artillery detachment, a soldier in battle dress and another in parade dress, a cavalry man, an infantry officer, two hunters of a battalion of evzones, and a mountain artillery officer.

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Thursday, November 2, 1916

"The first clash between the Greek Revolutionists and the Royalists occurred on November 2, 1916, when a body of Revolutionists marched overland to Katerina, some 25 miles northeast of Larissa, where a garrison of Royalist troops were stationed. In a brief encounter, the Revolutionists ousted the Royalists and occupied the city. King Constantine thereupon decreed that any Royalists who chose to do so might join the forces of the Revolutionists."

Quotation Context

Constantine became king of Greece on the assassination of his father in 1913. He had been educated in Germany, was married to a sister of Kaiser Wilhelm II, and was pro-German. Eleftherios Venizelos had been Prime Minister of Greece until March 1915 when he resigned over the King's refusal to support the Allied invasion of Gallipoli. He was re-elected and returned to office in August. As Bulgaria prepared for war against Serbia, Venizelos had invited the Allied landing at Salonica. Constantine dismissed his Prime Minister when the Allies landed 13,000 troops on October 5, 1915. Greece had significantly expanded its territory north and northeast in the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913, against the Ottoman Empire (First Balkan War) and Bulgaria (Second).

Source

King's Complete History of the World War by W.C. King, page 224, copyright © 1922, by W.C. King, publisher: The History Associates, publication date: 1922

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1916-11-02, November, 1916, Greece, King Constantine, Constantine