San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-21
THE WAR IN THE EAST.
Another Report OF The Way
The Fight Is Going.
THIS COMES FROM ATHENS AND
GIVES THE GREEKS ALL
THE CREDIT,
Although. 1t Admits That The
Turks Have. Won A Few Them
selves = It's A Very DeS-
lerate Struggle For
The Mastery.

| the Journal from Athens says:
The war on the frontier continues
with undated fury and along the line
from the Gulf of Salonica on the east
to the Gulf of Arta, on the west a des-
perate struggle is going on for the
| mastery.
The advance of the Turkish forces
on Tyrnavo has not been seriously
checked, though from Greek sources
comes many claims of vie tories. These,
however, are of small Importance COM
pared to the information that the
Turks are infesting Tyrnavo.
TyrnavO is about three leagues north
west of Larissa and was depended up
on by the Greeks to seriously hamper
any attempt that would have been
made by the Turks to approach La
rissa.
Immediately after their disastrous
defeat at Milouna pass, the Greeks fell
back to Tyrnavo, but the Turks close
ly followed them and began a vigorous
cannonading of the position.
Tyrnavo's fall will make it next to
llilpOSSlDlt lOI the NlOSlStn advance
upon the Greek military base at La
rissa to be stopped.
Larissa is poorly fortified and it may
become necessary for the Greeks to
precipitate a pitched battle with the
Turks on the plains that lie between
Larissa and the Macedonian frontier
If such an event occurs it will be the
greatest military struggle in the histo-
ry of the world.
A Greek force after "a terrible bat
tie, has managed to get through to the
plains of Damasi, in Macedonia, mean
time bombarding batteries and killing
over 200 Turks. The Greek loss was
light About 300 Turks were taken
prisoners at Vigla.
The pass at Reveni. L few miles
northwest of Tyrnavo, where there are
as many as 10000 Turks under the per-
sonal direction of Edhem Pasha, has
been the scene of the fiercest fighting
of the war. This horde of Moslems
singing and chanting war songs, reach
from Reveni to Boughez and for the
past three days they have unremit-
tently endeavored to obtain a free road
to the Thessalian plains.
direction of Prince Constantine, have
steadily fought and struggled to put
back the Mohammedan stream and
have thus far succeeded.
On the Gulf of Arta the Greeks are
having things pretty much their own
way. The Turks at Arta attempted
to cross the AvakphOs river, despite
the fire of the Greek artillery. This
was magnificently handled, however
and the MOslems were moved down by
the score, the river being literally fill
ed with corDses of the Sultans SOL
diers. Staggering under their awful
defeat, the Turks reiterated.
Colonel Manos in his invasion in this
part of Epiraeus has been very sue
cessfuI. He has occupied several viii
lagos with but slight resistance and
has hastily fortified them. There is
hardly any serious obstacle to his adj
vance northward into Albania and
toward Janina where a great battle
may be fought.
After retreating the Turks attempted
to. successfully lombard Arta, using
nearly one hundred pieces of artillery
in the operation, but it failed, their
being bad and the range
too great.
The squadron of ironclads, which left |
Epiraeus under sealed orders. is like
~ to strike some bold blow though it |
is generally believed it IS bound for |
Salonica which IT will lombard apd |
where it is hoped to cut off the base |
of supplies.
The second squadron, composed of a |
frigate, two cOrvettes, three armed |
and one torpedo boat, has |
left the Golden Horn. Other Turkish |
vessels are still under the guns of the
forts"