Word: averoff
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...clock, General Pangalos, head of the Army insurgents, who had established his troops between Athens and the seaport Piraeus, and Admiral Hajikiriakos, leader of the naval insurgents, who had hoisted his flag on board the Averoff off Piraeus, sent ultimata to Admiral Konduriotis, Provisional President of the Hellenic Republic, charging the Government with general inefficiency and claiming that they spoke for the people, which they certainly did not. The two leaders demanded the dismissal of the Government and the surrender of the Treasury, failing which they threatened to bombard the infantry in barracks, the Presidential Palace and the War Office...