firstbalticwar

I just noticed the tag for 'First Baltic War' is consistent amongst all these photos. This, of course, should be 'First Balkan War'.

The writing on the negative looks to be "BECIC" not "BEDIC" to me. There is a Becic in Montenegro and another in Serbia (using today's boundaries). See www.fallingrain.com/world/YI/a/B/e/c/ There was also a General Becic in the Montenegrin army. See militaryhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_1914_army_of...

Taking a different tack... From www.oldandsold.com/articles14/travel-363.shtml "The Montenegrin army began the fighting. It made an attack on the Turkish position at Podgoritza, and after a four hours' artillery engagement, forced the Turks to evacuate the heights they had occupied. The Montenegrins then attacked the fortified position of the Turks at Detchich." So, maybe it should be Decic (or rather Dečić). See www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Tuzi "Tuzi and Malesia became a part of Montenegro some 90 years ago. Tuzi was under Ottoman (Turkish) rule as all the other Albanian and neighbouring lands. Although it was the last one that fell under Turkish rule & the first one that was liberated. The first national upheaval for liberation from Turkish rule, after the death of Gjergj Kastroiti Skendernbeu, was initiated in the forests near Tuzi, in Dečić hill."

Thanks! We'll fix the title in the source data and reload the description.

There is little town Becici in Montenegro, at see side. I believe that is BECICI FORT

Wallachia is now Romania: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallachia

They don't really look to me like Wallachian/Romanian soldiers of the late 19th or early 20th century. Follow the links in order to see Wallachian/Romanian military uniforms of the 1850s to the 1890s: www.mnir.ro/ro/colectii/moderna/general/atacul-de-la-smar... www.mnir.ro/ro/colectii/moderna/general/uniforma-ceremoni... www.mnir.ro/ro/colectii/moderna/general/tunica.html www.mnir.ro/ro/colectii/moderna/carol-I/fotografie-carolI... www.mnir.ro/ro/colectii/moderna/carol-I/sava-hentia.html upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/RomIndependen... upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/RomIndependen... Anyway, as on the photo is written "Wallachians" (= Vlachs) & as the clothes these men wear are typical of northern Greece, I suppose they could be either Aromanians or Megleno-Romanians. See the following links for more info on these ethnic groups: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromanians en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megleno-Romanians For more info on Vlachs, see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlachs

the shoe - Greece ?

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Greek Dance, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

These are in all probability irregulars who possibly fought on the Greek side during the Macedonian Struggle (1904-1908) a guerrilla campaign that pitted Greeks against Bulgarians for the control of the southern part of the region of Macedonia then still under Ottoman rule. See the photo below of Greek fighters from Monastir whose clothing appears very similar to that of the irregulars above.



Also note the long guns of the irregulars, most likely variants of the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle, an Italian version of an Austrian design that was adopted by the Hellenic royal army in the late 19th century. The Mannlicher was used extensively during the Macedonian Struggle (and much later gained permanent notoriety as the gun Lee Harvey Oswald used to allegedly shoot President John Kennedy).

This website (PDF) says: The North Albanians are divided into tribes or clans; those to the north being grouped under the designation of Malissori, or men of the Black Mountains, including the Clementi, Castrati, Hoti, Skreli, and other tribes; ... A New York Times article about the Malissori in conflict with the Turks is from 1 August 1911.