Bombardment of Canea by the Combined Powers. In 1896 the Greeks and Turks quarrelled in the island of Crete; and the great powers of Europe stepped in to preserve peace. The insurgents in Canea refused to evacuate the town, so the warships bombarded it on February 21, 1897. It was rather farcical, all those big ships shooting at one little town; but they took care to injure it as little as possible, They only wished to convince the insurgents that they were united and in earnest. That is the Empress Augusta in the centre, one of Germany’s heaviest warships. There is an English ship with her b
Bombardment of Canea by the Combined Powers. In 1896 the Greeks and Turks quarrelled in the island of Crete; and the great powers of Europe stepped in to preserve peace. The insurgents in Canea refused to evacuate the town, so the warships bombarded it on February 21, 1897. It was rather farcical, all those big ships shooting at one little town; but they took care to injure it as little as possible, They only wished to convince the insurgents that they were united and in earnest. That is the Empress Augusta in the centre, one of Germany’s heaviest warships. There is an English ship with her boats out, to the left, and on the right lie the French, Russian, and Italian vessels.
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