Battle of Meluna, Greco-Turkish War, 1897. Artist: Henri Meyer

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Battle of Meluna, Greco-Turkish War, 1897. The Greco-Turkish War of 1897, also called the Thirty Days' War, began after Greece's nationalist government declared war on the Ottoman Empire after a rebellion broke out in January 1897 amongst the Greek population on the Turkish controlled island of Crete. The conflict yielded no territorial gains for Greece. Illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1897.

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