The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-09-21
THE REVOLUTION In GAMBIA.
severe Battle Hs,ucen the Christians and
Turks. and Triumph Of the Crescent.

The important cable despatch from Trieste, dated ~
neon on Wednesday, The lo,b of September, which We
publish above, announces the shedding Of Christian
blood Tho Geld Of battle IN Gambia ny the soldiers Of
,he Sultan ~ Turkey under command o. his Governor
I'm az Pa,ha The Tarks woro victorious this first
encounter and ths again noais the flag n
the Canaln rcyoiailonisls--a nag omblazoncd with he
licences 81 Tho SAVIOUR or the world.
A. lbs grave event via IN III probability lead 70 the
rc0pcang ne Eastern question, with Al ils serious
collateral issvci No publish to-day history Of tho
origin erG progress n ,ho Christian insareetion.
Port, TLuusand Ghri@iian- IN Arms. and Tm-
parfancr Of the Movement.
on readers have observed from time 70 time among
7ccAl European dispatches by The Atlantic cable,
brof reports 81 The progreS u this nsuneclon o. the
Christians 81 Gambia against their Turkish masters Our
ate European lcs Furnish some details Or hc important
events going % ia the Greek Archipelago which promise
al distant period draw forth tho active Intervention
Or ne Great Powers * Europe and which nov ENGAGE
No arms 81 over forty thousand Christians soldiers
iswp ~ yNofsrn-rHr MATHS ep0rsD
NDiorr Gambia \ the isianA known 10 ancient geo.
erafy ara history Crete Few n the famous Islands
or ne AgrAn celebrated In story Than
crsse ~ broken sarfacc, covered with grottocs
ana satcgn4 Wa tha fabed abode ~ deml-gods
and nyuirn& fory Mount Ida was che resting
N4Nt" 81 fNF fffat fFN@ NffnFtN htN9@, kiB4 ~ u
hnnircf eNes, framed those iaEs, famous through
~ aniauty md from which Lyeargas !. aid
- Lagt drawn Inspiration Here was situated the
"fAbtrrih ; maglc naye IN which Hlnos shut % the
r.noAnr monster described hair man aud halr
boil anil fsd ~,sn The bod 81 ~ the seven youths
ana seven msltcns, whom the Aihcnlans we're obliged
fxtd nce 70 send % Crete : tribute The gallant
young hera rceeua, volunteered 20 one u thoae
vsNns, trd slew Tho monster II Biz labyrinth. Under
Nine snd his successors crsie was very pog1lous
sona writer's have attributed % K several millions or
inhabitants 4 ruled he ssas or centuries by IL sape-
nor na,a power All through Grscian history u hsd
forcnus. scr much from the energy 81 ia inhaht.
ants o. ~ geographical Importance ~ As position.
D. va AFFORDED by the Romans ~ g 81 and vas 4
part ~ Fhelf vat empire entn A. y. sg3 when toe
sarsocns conquered IA I've centuries alter fcIi into
,hr hanas of ~ Genoese me veneilsns purchased
in l4o4 TIE tensN retained 10 poTessou for -four
centures, dofin4 which a Hourshed greatly IN com.
nlerce and Inc arts The forks attacked I6g1 aud
during iNeniy .fouf ears here vas bloody struggle
~ ~ possession, saflGS wncn fsance, savoy and
Malta saxarics ~ the hrstans, but ~ The
FORUM atoms y cards yiolasd " hg~ulmsn ferocty
and the island sasne 4 conquest ~ the Sultan
Tho 1anda cs'n~ from the k1rarrps, who
founded The cnptal 81 tbai name n 40 1he cretans
we're ~ The ptre Hellenic Thsv we're rcnowncd
for thelr sgltv and swifns and ~ the Time for
their mnirabfalnee~ Lying like a GrefanW pfp.
verb n fne snelerts sna mne ~ admitted that Tire
fsrnis'ion sssekg - the lnhabltants 20 This asy
ean&la Il a. nlsDd one h.ndrcd and cry miles 10
leng'h ann from ax 10 shius-hee miles vdr. with an
ara "a Four Thousand squsfm mice which "A somewhat
css than the sss's ~ GVnnectcgh Mountains uascrss
~ erNrs isns'h me pepulauSs - prevent - 'hTss