The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-05-14
LAST GREAT BATTLE
Defeat OF the Greek Troops An
Along the Line
After a Most Gallant Resistance
In Possession of More aud Better yl.,,'
Guns aud Also showed BETTER c,,.
eraiship Casualties unknown.

LONDON, May s.-The 'Times~ nri,.-
the following dispatch from Vela.,t~F
via Athens: 1.-The expected battle n
gan at half-past six yesterday morpin.
Thursday at this point and N M
Cynoscepha!a a;i IA little later abora
Avail and Pharsalos. The position.
are as follows. Velestino and the MAXI
Unacceptable chain were held Il. MI
Greeks. The plain To the northwest
and the gray ridge j~utting out between
the Cynoscephalg and Nelestino ware
held by the Turks.
The Greeks had three batteries Of A..
"tillery and the Turks four. Early /,
the morning "A well-directed Greek AZ
t%illery fire prevented the advance ~
the Turkish infantry. BY half-pas,
seven the artillery firing was yerv
heavy on both sides. but each main.
tanned its position.
At 1880 a Turkish battery behind
koniari began firing shrapnel. and thu
Greeks o o began to lose ground.
hot artillery and muskctry %fusilade
was kept up until noon, when the
Greeks on the big hill commenced Ia
retire in orderly fashion, but at a don.
BILE quick. The Turks were not firing
at them, and were apparently ignorant
of their success.
THE irregulars tried in vain TO as.
sist the Greeks by firing at the al.
vancing Turks, and. in fact. through.
out the entire engagement they were
practically valucless.
At 12:s5 the Turks attacked the biz
hill with musketry and shell fire. /
and another correspondent received a
volley of five shells very close To rs.
besides shrapnel whistling overhead.
Several shots reached the road beyond.
designed probably to prevent the
Greeks from sending reinforcements to
their left, where the Turks were rap.
idly ascending the hill.
The Greek batteries on the right
were now useless and almost silent and
the Turks on the Larissa road made NO
attempt to attack them.
AT 12:45 p. IN. the attack on the
right of the Cynoscephal@ became
severe. The Greeks were in full re-
treat, the irregulars.fieeing in all direc-
tions. At > o'clock the long line Of
Greek infantry was ~retreating, the
skirmishers forming into companies
and then falling into single file.
IL hear that the retreat from Cynos-
cephale began somewhat earlier and
the retreat from Pharsalos toward
Domokos earlier still.
Despair was doubtless running
down the lines from left to right and
influencing the result. The railway
was completely abandoned and the
Pyrouphli station deserted.
AT 3 o'clock the Evzones retreated
on Atski and the remainder of the
eastern infantry to Almyros. The
Turks burned the village of DelituS
During the morning the foreign legion
entered the engagement probably be
tween Pharsalos and Await. The
Turks were seen to be driving back
the Greeks along the line EXTENDED
from Pharsalos To Avail. turning the
flank of the Velestino division at the
~Cynoscephale and rolling up the
Greeks into two r%etreating masses.
THE Turks won chiefly because they
had field guns, whereas the Greeks had
only mountain guns.
The former also showed their tacti-
cal superiority by making a strong at
tack near the Cynoscephale where the
Greeks were weak and without arti-
lery. Two Of the chief Turkish bat
teries were outside the Greek ranks anu
the Turks seemed TO have iouha
shelter in rifle pits.
The Greek infantry stood 'her
ground well under a heavy fire. espc,,
cially along the center of the Aneo i
rifles. Many shells burst around them
and overhead.
Gen. Smolenski's right wing was
much stronger and could easily nave
held its position had not the lett cor
lapsed.
The Greeks at Domokos and Amy
ros will probably join forces AZ Lann@
and go together to Mustapha p5
pass. where the next big battle snou''
occur. though | am officially iniorhru
that a stand will he made at Donlokon
''Thermopyl@ will doubtless pe ~
to the fleet. The Cynoscephal% W."
the main strategic point of the ua''e'
The number of casualties is
but in the early part of the day y az
peared to be small"