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But though certain sections of the Montenegrin combatants, helped by

Serbian bands, are still holding out, it is to be feared that their chance is a small one, for it is reported that Skutari has already been occupied by the Austrians. Still, it may quite possibly turn out that Montenegro is more difficult to hold than to conquer. That is generally the history of mountain campaigns. Napoleon's troops overran Tirol without difficulty, but holding it down was another and very different matter, In this context we may mention that Eased Pasha's Albanians are reported to have repulsed a body of Bulgarian soldiers who have been attempting to penetrate Albania.

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