AlbaniaPastPresent #108 Albania past and present

Project Gutenberg formed when the rebels of Central Albania, the same people who had previously attacked the govern- ment of the Prince, now turned their arms against the alien government of Essad Pasha. They at- tacked Durazzo, in the same old way, but the Pasha found shelter under the protecting fire of the Italian Na\'y, which rushed to his aid, and which alone was able to check the advance of the rebels and to save Essad Pasha and his capital. Thenceforth, the do- minion over which the ''Government of Central Al- bania" ruled was confined to the small peninsula which is occupied by the city of Durazzo. The rebels remained encamped at the gates of the be- sieged city, and the Italian squadron was constantly moored in the Bay of