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?
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Caption: The Balkan Peninsula after the Wars of 1912-1913.]