Fortune in an extraordinary degree has favored the King of the
Hellenes--Fortune and his own wise head and valiant arm and the loyal
support of his people. When before has a Prince taken supreme command
of a nation's army and in the few months preceding and succeeding his
accession to the throne by successful generalship doubled the area and
population of his country?
[Illustration: Map: The Balkan Peninsula after the Wars of 1912-1913.]
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