 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mineyko akapinda muhondo yeGreek-Turkish ya1897. Munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yokutanga yeBalkan, muna 1913, zvirongwa zvake zvemazano zvakava zvakakosha mukuwana kukunda kwechiGiriki kwakasarudzwa muhondo yeBizani, iyo yakatungamirira kutorwa kweIoannina neEpirus neGreece. Sainjiniya uye mukuru webasa rekartographic reGreek General Staff, uye neruzivo rwake rwekare rwenharaunda, akagadzirira chirongwa chekufamba kwekunze kwakatungamira mukutora nzvimbo yeTurkey yakasimba ye Bizani, iyo yakavhara kupinda muLoannina Valley. MunaNovember 1919, nyaya yacho yakava yakakurumbira apo, panguva yekutongwa kweGeneral Staff Officers, magazini eAtene Patris uye Nea Ellas akafumura mupiro waMineyko. Nokuda kweichi chiito, ipapo akagamuchira Muchinjikwa weGoridhe woMununuri. 