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A fact from Battle of Chios (1912) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 17 February 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that although Greek forces captured the Aegean island of Chios in January 1913, its annexation to Greece was not finalized until 1923?
The lede should make it clear that the island was captured from the Ottomans either on the first or the second sentence.
Done, plus some additions.
"In 1822, the attempt by Greek revolutionaries" - Mention that this happened during the Greek War of Independence.
Done.
"with a garrison comprising the 1st and 3rd Battalions" - comprising of
"Comprising" is correct. It is either "composed of" or "comprising".
"comprising the 3rd battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment" - comprising of. You capitalized the word battalion in a previous instance in the same paragraph so I think it should probably be capitalized here as well.
"Patris sailed separately to Mytilene on Lesbos" - Typo
Fixed.
"the Aipos heights only fell after a night attack by 3rd Battalion/1st Regiment" - by the 3rd Battalion/1st Regiment
Done.
"Facing determined and spirited Ottoman resistance," - Since determined and spirited are synonyms, one should be enough.
Simplified.
"while a 200-strong volunteer force was raised at Kardamyla on the northeast, and a volunteer force captured the village of Lithi" - Are those local volunteers that the Greek army armed? Later on there is also mention of Cretan volunteers so it should be specified if it was the Chians or Cretans taking part in the final assault.
Good point, clarified.
"and a battery from Lesbos" - Since Lesbos is only mentioned as a having a big Ottoman garrison in the Background section, perhaps you should mention that it had already been captured by then.
Clarified, both there and earlier.
"comprising a force of four battalions" - Maybe change one mention to consisting of for the sake of variety.
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ALT1: ... that although Greek forces captured the Aegean island of Chios in January 1913, its annexation to Greece was not finalized until 1923? Source: Summary of the 'Aftermath' section; Soucek 1995 p. 891: "Ottoman rule in Chios ended in the same manner as in Lesbos but slightly later (December1912/January 1913), and Greek sovereignty was ratified by the same two treaties (London 1913 and Lausanne 1923)"
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@Cplakidas: Good article. Hooks are interesting. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:58, 22 January 2023 (UTC)