During the collapse of the Principality of Albania that began in 1914, there were two pro-Ottoman revolts by Albanian Muslim insurgents.
Hendrik Reimers, Dutch captain of the International Gendarmerie, captured by rebels (June 1914)
Prince William and his wife Sophie arriving in Albania on March 7, 1914
Wilhelm, Prince of Albania, Isa Boletini and officers of the International Gendarmerie: Duncan Heaton-Armstrong and Colonel Thomson near Durrës in June 1914
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1914–1915 Muslim revolts in Albania
…multinational force left the country on 23 August. Nonetheless, Austria-Hungary demanded that Prince Wilhelm send Albanian troops to fight with the Central Powers. When Wilhelm refused, stating that the Treaty of London had required Albania to remain neutral, his remuneration was cut off. On 1 September 1914, the…
Leaders of the Central Powers (left to right): Wilhelm II of Germany; Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary; Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire; Ferdinand I of Bulgaria; The caption reads: "Vereinte Kräfte führen zum Ziel" ("United Powers Lead to the Goal")
The Ottomans enter the conflict: propaganda postcard.
German propaganda postcard magnifying Bulgaria’s intervention in the conflict. Inscription: Bulgarien mit uns! Bulgaria with us!.
German soldiers on the battlefield in August 1914 on the Western Front, shortly after the outbreak of war