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Letter from L. Paraskevopoulos to E. Venizelos regarding the order to capture Proussa.

173.086.13 · 1920 Ιούλιος 7 · Ελληνική · machine-generated, not reviewed

Archivist's abstract & metadata

Title (el): Επιστολή του Λ.Παρασκευόπουλου προς τον Ε.Βενιζέλο σχετικά με τη διαταγή για κατάληψη της Προύσσας.
Archivist's abstract: Αναφέρει οτι διατάχθηκε η κατοχή της Προύσσας για να υποστηριχθούν οι Άγγλοι που δέχτηκαν επίθεση από τους Τούρκους.
Document type: Επιστολή
Original/copy: Αντίγραφο
Place received: Παρίσι
Senders: Παρασκευόπουλος Λεωνίδας
Recipients: Βενιζέλος Ελευθέριος Κ. 1864-1936
Source: https://venizelosarchives.gr/show/19810 · Europeana
Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ · Accessed 2026-11-09

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Original text (diplomatic transcription)

OCR: passed checks · evren/qwen3-vl-30b

On Board the Kilkis, July 7th, 1920 Extremely Urgent. Mr. Veniselos Paris. A Turkish band having managed to penetrate ........ the wood of the Peninsula as far as Skutari, suddenly opened infantry fire against the British men-of-war stationed in Constantinople. General Milne ordered the immediate despatch of a detachment for ................. and proceeded to land troops by the aid of the fleet at Moudania, which was occupied and ...................... our forces to advance for occupying Broussa. Accordingly, I have ordered our troops to advance immediately eastward in order to support the landing of the British who were attacked by the enemy and in order to occupy the railway line and the city of Broussa, which task will have been performed by tomorrow. Paraskevopoulos.

Stamps and notes

stamp ΜΠΗ bottom right
archival 173/13 top left
handwritten_note 41 top left

Uncertain readings

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Demotic Greek

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Turkish

Kilkis gemisinde, 7 Temmuz 1920 Son Derece Acil. Bay Veniselos Paris. ........ Yarımada'nın ormanlık arazisinden Üsküdar'a (Skutari) kadar sızmayı başaran bir Türk çetesi, İstanbul'da (Konstantinopolis) konuşlu İngiliz savaş gemilerine aniden piyade ateşi açmıştır. General Milne ................. için derhal bir müfreze gönderilmesini emretmiş ve donanmanın yardımıyla Mudanya'ya (Moudania) asker çıkarmaya girişmiştir; Mudanya işgal edilmiş ve ...................... kuvvetlerimizin Bursa'yı (Broussa) işgal etmek üzere ilerlemesini. Buna binaen, düşmanın saldırısına uğrayan İngilizlerin çıkarmasını desteklemek, demiryolu hattını ve Bursa şehrini işgal etmek amacıyla birliklerimize derhal doğuya doğru ilerlemelerini emrettim. Bu görev yarına kadar yerine getirilmiş olacaktır. Paraskevopoulos.

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