28 January 1916

• The Leader compels the young men of Orange to enlist:

Enlist to-morrow—not the day after.
Don’t skulk while your brother bleeds.
Don’t wait and jackal the other man’s job.
Let posterity point to you as a patriot.
If the women turn down the skulker and shirker we will win the war.
If not, every shirker in the time of war is assisting Germany.

• Austrian forces occupy Alessio and San Giovanni di Medua in Albania
• Allied forces occupy the fortress of Kara Burun in Salonika; the Greek Government protests, declaring that the occupation violates the written agreement between the Greek Government, the Greek General Staff and General Sarrail.

French soldier at Kara Burun fort, Salonika. Image courtesy www.illustratedfirstworldwar.com

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