The Ottoman defenders in Edirne (ancient Adrianople, a city in modern Turkey near Greece and Bulgaria) were left surrounded and under siege when the Porte sued for an armistice in early December 1912.

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His seconde hawke wexyd gery And was with flyenge wery. She had flowyn so oft, That on the rode loft She perkyd her to rest.

In the littoral zone proper, there are species which are limited to very shallow water (stenobath forms) and those which extend down to 20-30 fathoms (eurybath forms).