The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-07
IT'S NO WALk-OVER.
Turkey Acknowledges Surprise at the
Greek Resistance.

Greek Resistance.
CoNsTANTINopLE, April 20. - The
Turkish authorities here admit that
the losses Of the Ottoman troops since
the outbreak Of the war with Greece
have beer considerable. The Turkish
commanders expected a fairly easy
march to Larrissa, and did not antici-
pate the stubborn defense and desper-
ate valor with which the Greeks have
opposed the invasion.
Izzet Bey, the confidential adviser of
the sultan, has been disgraced. owing
to his opposition to war with Greece
and to his action in proposing that the
sultan should negotiate directly with
Greece for the purpose Of bringing
about an amicable settlement.
While France is protecting the Greek
Catholics in the Turkish empire Great
Britain has undertaken to protect the
orthodox Greeks during the suspension
of diplomatic relations between Greece
and Turkey.
Edhem Pasha has autographed to the
sultan that he gained several notable
victories Monday, occupying all the
fortified positions commanding Tyr
navo. He reported that the Greeks
evacuated their i~ntrenched camp, leav-
ing behind thirty cases Of cartridges
and many rifles. The Turks, he said,
had retaken Velitzko, which the Greeks
had surprised and taken on the first
day of the frontier aggression.
The Turkish commander at Janina
q r, ,, n,,roaI That tla Eraol- faot IrI;ol,
had been bomba.ding Prevesa, had
been compelled to retire. one division
withdrawing to the interior of the
gulf and the larger ironclads outside
sailing fer the islands of Paxo and
Sancta Laura.
An official telegram from Zanti as
serted that the Greeks who landed at
Eleuthropoli and reached Gojrat near
the railway were attacked and de-
feated by Turkish troops and peas
ants, and that 100 Greeks were killed
A second Turkish squadron left the
Golden Horn yesterday afternoon for
abe Dardanelles. It consisted of the
ironclad Orhanion, the monitor Hif-
sirahman, the corvette Mansoura, five
torpedo boats and our steamers which
had been converted into cruisers.
Prince Ma~vrocordato, the Greek min
lister to Turkey, has sailed for Athens.
All the ambassadors except the Ger
man ambassador went to the quay and
bid him farewell.
LONDON, April 22.-The latest details
as to the fighting at Milouna pass
make it evident that the Greeks sui
fered severely because of their lack of
artillery. Several of the war cor
respondents aver that if the Greeks
had possessed anything like adequate
artillery the Turks would never have
captured positions SO o~bstinately held
by the Greeks. The Turks have clearly
much to be thankful for in the reor-
ganlzation of their artillery by Ger
man officers.
A dispatch received from Constanti-
nople at the Turkish legation last
evening declared that the village of
Kriechora, in Greek territory. had
been occupied by the Turks and that
the Turkish division commanded by
Nechat Pasha, operating against Tyr
navo and Larissa, had carried all the
positions commanding the plain of La
rissa. At kriechora and Badji the
Turks captured many prisoners and
quantities of arms and ammunition.
The Greeks who were defeated in the
Milouna pass are reported to lave fed
in a westerly direction and also to-
ward Larissa.