Durazzo : Italian for Durres, Serbo-Croatian Drac, seaport of Albania on the Adriatic coast. It was held by the Turks from 1501 until their defeat in First Balkan War (q.v.)
... ten days before, viz three days. There will be still flying clouds & temporary spells. For some days there have been continual proofs of vyapti prakamya. eg the presence of an Austrian warship at Durazzo, the rumour of the Austrian consul being killed, etc. Yesterday there came in the mind the positive idea that Turkey had asked to be included in the Balkan Confederacy; today the same is given (in ...
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