Shkodra, destroyed bazar
During the Balkan Wars, the previously Ottoman city of Scutari fell 1913 to Serbia and Montenegro after a seven-month siege. However, an international conference in London awarded the city to the young state of Albania. An international naval blockade involving the German cruiser Breslau forced the withdrawal of troops from Scutari. An international corps of British, German, French, Italian and Austro-Hungarian contingents was formed as military security. The German contribution consisted of a company-sized naval infantry detachment of 120 volunteers.
Shkodra, destroyed bazar
During the Balkan Wars, the previously Ottoman city of Scutari fell 1913 to Serbia and Montenegro after a seven-month siege. However, an international conference in London awarded the city to the young state of Albania. An international naval blockade involving the German cruiser Breslau forced the withdrawal of troops from Scutari. An international corps of British, German, French, Italian and Austro-Hungarian contingents was formed as military security. The German contribution consisted of a company-sized naval infantry detachment of 120 volunteers.