"Almost the first act of the Servian (Serbian) commander was the lowering of the Albanian flag". Taken from The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 53, Number 337, December 2, 1912.

The Herald Democrat in December 1912: “The first act of the Serbian commander in Durrës was the lowering of the Albanian flag”

When Serbian forces entered Durrës on December 2, 1912, 1 month after Albania declared independence, the Serbian commander immediately lowered the Albanian flag.

"Almost the first act of the Servian (Serbian) commander was the lowering of the Albanian flag". Taken from The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 53, Number 337, December 2, 1912.
“Almost the first act of the Servian (Serbian) commander was the lowering of the Albanian flag”. Taken from The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 53, Number 337, December 2, 1912.

The Serbian forces had violated every moral and legal code of the era by massacring Albanian civilians and burning Albanian villages. Having marched and invaded all Albanian lands, committing atrocities which the entire world wrote about, the Serbian commander immediately lowered the Albanian flag, claiming that an Albanian state did not exist.

"Almost the first act of the Servian (Serbian) commander was the lowering of the Albanian flag". Taken from The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 53, Number 337, December 2, 1912.
“Almost the first act of the Servian (Serbian) commander was the lowering of the Albanian flag”. Taken from The Rocky Mountain News (Daily), Volume 53, Number 337, December 2, 1912.

This article shows the chauvinist imperialist and inhumane perspective of the Serbian leadership, which has continued to this day.

Reference

https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=RMD19121202-01.2.27&srpos=1&e=——-en-20–1–img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA-Servian+commander+Albanian+flag——-0——

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