The Archive · 1911

Diary of the War

Sept 29 Italian flat blockades Trip 0 Anti-war riots in Italy, Sept. 30: War declared.

Oct. 1: Resigoation of the Turkish Cabinet, Italy demands surrender of Tripoli.

Oct, 2: Turkish squadron reaches. the Der'avelles, A steamer carrying 167 Tarkisb eddiers and munitions of war captured.

Oct, 5: Vice-Admiral Faravelli hom-bardo the forts at Tripoli, Said Pasha, the Grand Vizier, forms a new Osbinet.

Oct. 7: Italiane occupy Tripoli and land force at Mares Tobrok.

Oct. 9: Tarkey orders all Italians to leave the country; and despatches troops to Blassoo of Thrasaly. Bi Oct, 11: First Division expedition lands at Tripoli "with-

16: The leat batch of 15,000 m a hitch, forthe Taian expedition to Tripoli anils secretly.

Oct, 20: Tarke attack an Italian post wells. A fow casual Oct. 17: The British and German Ambassadors at Rome consult the Minister for Foreign with a view, it is eaid, to ending the war.

Oct, 22: Italians occupy Benghazi.

Twenty-two casualties.

Oct. 23: Tripoli completely evacuated by the Turkish troops.

Oct. 24: Heavy fighting at Benghazi. Oot. 25: Two thousand Arabs arrested at Tepoll. Hidden arma am-Oct, 26: Italy notifies the Powers munition and provi

Iualy's screreignty is established from the Egyr-tian to the Tanisian boundaries, and inland to the spheres of British and French inflaenoe.

Oct. 28: Arabs and Turks attack Tripoli, Oot, 31: Ttalian losses between Oct. 23 and 26 bare been 13 officers and 461 mon killed, and 16 officers and

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