The Archive · 1911

Diary of the War

Sept. 29: Italian fleet blockades Tripoli const, Anti-war riots in Italy.

Sept. 30: War declared, from 2.30 in the afternoon. Tarkey requests the good offices of the Powers.

Oct. 1; Resignation of the Tarkish Osbinet, Italy demands surrender of Tripoli. Two Turkish torpedo poate driven ashore at Prevezs. Germany sounds the Powers with a view to localizing the conflict.

Oct, 2: Turkish squadron reaches the Dardanelles. A steamer carry 167Tarkish soldiers and munitions of war captured. The Porte addrer-see an appeal to the Powers, Oct. 3: Calcutta Mohammedan:

to Great Britain to check Italy's career of Oat, 4: Tarkey o appeals tothe Powers Oct, 6: Vice-Admiral Faravelli bombards the fort at Tripoli. Said Pashs, the Grand Virier, forms anew Osbinet, Oct, 7: Italians occupy Tripoli and land 1 force at Morea Tobruk.

Oct. 9: Tarkey orders all Italians to leave troops to Elasson: of Thessaly. Balgaria protest.

Oct, 10: The Porte makes a farther appeal to the Powers.

Oct, 11:—First {Division of the Italian expedition lands at Tripoli without a bitch.""

Oct.

12: Reported that permanent garrison of 10,000 will be stationed at Tripoli.

Oct. 13: More Italian troops disembark quietly at Tripoli. The Italian Commander-in-Chief snnoanoes to the people that he has been sent, not to enslave the po-palation, bat to restore their rights.

Oct.

14: Italy notifies the Powers that if outrages against Italians continue in Asia Minor, the war will be carried into other Turkish provinces.

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