Eleni (2010)
“The nearly successful attack on the Mourgana earlier in the month and the escape of three village women had taught Lia’s occupiers a lesson. They were determined to plug up the Mourgana villages like a corked wine jug so that no one could get in or out. It seemed certain that the attack of Operation Pergamos would be repeated, so all likely paths of approach throughout the foothills and up the ravines were heavily mined. The twenty-four-hour guards posted at lookout points throughout the villag...e were strengthened to prevent any more embarrassments like the three escapes.
Eleni forbade her children to leave the yard for fear that a careless step would trigger a mine. Throughout the Mourgana the peasants became very careful where they put their feet down. But the inevitable happened in the neighboring village of Babouri. A group of local boys had been ordered to drive a herd of mules to Tsamanta for the guerrillas. Their leader, a slow-witted young man, stepped off the road to answer a call of nature and both his legs were blown off.MoreLess
Eleni forbade her children to leave the yard for fear that a careless step would trigger a mine. Throughout the Mourgana the peasants became very careful where they put their feet down. But the inevitable happened in the neighboring village of Babouri. A group of local boys had been ordered to drive a herd of mules to Tsamanta for the guerrillas. Their leader, a slow-witted young man, stepped off the road to answer a call of nature and both his legs were blown off.MoreLess
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