The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-07
GREEKS HARD FIGHT.
MORE THAN HOLD THEIR
OWN WITH THE TURKS.
Fhc Sultan'S Government Acknowledges
Having Encountered Unexpected Rests
tance-Grccian Success at Several
Points U~ndoubtcd.

LONDON. April 22.-To-day there was
The same conflict Of reports from the
seat OF the Greco-Turhish war as on
previous days, but Greek prospects APP
pear considerably brighter, the Turk
lsh government, usually chary Of con-
cedlng anything, acknowledging to-
day that the Turks had met desperate
resistance at all points. Taking a gen
eral survey Of the field, the fortunes
Of war thus far seem pretty evenly di-
vlded, but the chances for the imme-
diato future are decidedly in favor Of
the Greeks.
The Turks claim to have carried
Tyrnavo by storm yesterday and to be
within ten miles of Larissa, but this
is cOntradicted by the Greeks. The
Grccian w~arships are preparing to at
tack S%alonica, the base Of supplies Of
the Turkish armies, and great alarm
prevails there.
The pass at Rcvcni, a few miles
northwest of Tyrnavo, where there are
about 40, 900 Turks under the personal
direction OF Edhem Pasha, has been
the scene of the ~icrcest fighting Of the
This army of Moslcms, singing
and chanting war songs, reaches from
Reveni to Boughese, and for the past
three days have unremittently en-
deavorcd to obtain a free road to the
Thessalian plains. Twenty thousand
Greeks, under the direction of Prince
Constantine, have steadily fought and
struggled to keep back the Mohamme-
dan stream, and have thus far sue
ceeded.
Undoubted Greek Successes.
On the Gulf of Aria the Greeks are
having things pretty much their own
way. The Turks at Arta attempted
to cross the river despite the fire
of the Greek artillery. This was
ma%gnifcently handled, however, and
the Moslems were moved down by the
score, the river being literally filled
with the sultan's soldiers. Then the
Turks %retreated. Colonel Manos, in
his invasion of this part of Epirus. has
been very successful. He has occupied
several villages with slight resistance
and has hastily fortified them. There
is hardly any serious obstacle to his
advance northward into Albania and
toward Jamina, where a great battle
may be fought. After r%etreating the
Turks attempted to lombard Aria.
using nearly one hundred pieces &
artillery in the operation. But it
failed, their craftsmanship being bad
and the range too great
Greek Forces in Epirus.
A dispatch from Aria says that 5000
Greeks have crossed the frontier of
Epirus at Bani, and a severe artillery
duel has been in progress since Mon
day. The Greek artillery have silenced
the Turkish 1mauret fort, commanding
the town. Two attempts by the Turks
to cross the river were repulsed.
There has been brisk artillery and in
fantry firing along the line for about
five miles. Two Greek officers and
many Turks have been killed.
The Greek government has addressed
a note to the foreign ministers and
c~onsuls in Greece, calling their atten-
ton to the fact hat Greece has ad-
hered to the declarations Of the Berlin
congress of $50 and expressing the
hope that foreign governments will re-
spect the laws of neutrality.