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Show 3 :V IV- X PROVO (1JTH) SEcnoNrforw:o ;',r,' v si Ms I! 5 4 I- 73 VlirfjkJia RP A CPV rTWfraTATrM2 T-WPFL FOLLOW . ' 1 i V YOU WILL! 4 RCQ.U.8.PAT.0FF. WOU DO NOIT tRU VOUR. LEcTLc HELGA. I PONT? JJ " ' . 1 1 ' ' 1 ". 11 1 1 W 11,11 , . . 41W vou I PEESPISE VOU! 1 HttTE VOU! I WEEL KEEL VOL) WRTHEE5! tJ t tl . . R l I J I i LATtR; I l iSU VPLAT-FOOTCDv dukes ALL generals, how the blazes) we ALSO HAVE A PRIVATE! I IS? a ini ft V? 11 VJOU EXPECT TO START A REVOLUTION ON TWCT? A SPLENPiP PRIVATE. 1 ' FIVE GENERALS THAT A STARTS AS 50OH AS NNE OPEN A X llfNADil V V AND A PRIVATE, RECRUlTING OFFICE, A MILLION MEM WILL SPRING) f WW RKf t J J AND FREE OUR BELOVED KLEPTDMAI FROM HIS CLUTCHED! T -TV) HA! THEREIS SPIWT FOR VOU! WITH SUCH )Qf7AlM PRTVATES AS HE WE'LL CRUSH TH DICTATOR nvtinH MKB A ckum uh-iuyj i UII7 7 Alii V - r - EH? VOLPRE GOING. X CERTAINLy sTo free KIEPTIAWWJ raiPWJ v-trK.JMirvjL.7 we ARE Y11 PV.7 , HOLV WTKI,M IN THE WRON& AKMVJX THOU&HT THEE& COUNTRY EE9 Ptp$QMft!4Ay ' (J) copr. 1M7 Bi ia stnwice. NC 22 Adventure Stamps : hen Greeks Von Independence i " i " i Ionian SEA GREECE 7 I KAVARiHOl TtEDITERMNEAN SEA COPR. 13 BY IEA SEHViCE. IXC. ENTURIES of intolerable oppression under Turkish" rule flamed to close for Greece at the 1 battle , of Navarino. Spurred lyiie count less atrocities of the Turks, portions por-tions of the English, French, and Russian fleets joined the Creeks on the afternoon 'f Oct. 20, 1827, an.d moved into the Bay of Navarino. There the combined allied force of 1324 guns faced the Turkish-Egyptian forces of -2240 guns. Promptly at t2 o'clock, the first shots rang across the waters. wa-ters. Four hours later, the Ottoman Otto-man fleet had ceased to be. Every armed ship -Was sunk, burned or wrecked. r' Fully 7000 men died on the Turkishiidef while more than 200 Allies lost their lives. Scores-were wourided. Immediately after the encounter en-counter at Navarino, influential world powers interested in the Grecian cause pressed the Sultan Sul-tan for surrender of further control con-trol over Greece. They were promptly rebuffed. Meanwhile, Count Capo D'lstria, who had been elected president of Greece, took his Seat and proceeded at once to issue a proclamation declaring de-claring the end of three centuries cen-turies of Ottoman rule. Thus was Grecian independence won. There was very little fighting' J after Navarino, and finally in lOy, dj uio treaty wi nufian ople, Turkey vyas obliged offi-cially offi-cially to acknowledge Hellene freedom. A stamp, issued in 1927 to commemorate. 100 years of Grecian independence, pictures the Bay of Navarino.- if G . '"( ?;---v '- - ""' ZLt - . r ..m '- " " i - "fkv " ,i. I '" " ' " ' - ' - . : , .:. - ?. . . .. j. . . . . -. ... . , - - - '- , |