The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-18
A FOUR HOURS BATTLE
AT NEZEROS RESULTS IN A VIC
TORY FOR THE TURKS.
A COUNCIL OF WAR is HELD
Under the Presidency Of the Turk
ish Commander -in-.Chief.
There is Blood on the
Foreign Moon.

Copyrighted, 1897, by Associated Press.)
Constantinople, April 1.-THE council
of ministers after a session at the palace
to-day declared that war had broken out
on the frontier, owing to the incursiOn by
the Greeks on Turkish territory, and
Edhem Pasha. the Turkish military COM
mander, was ordered to assume the Of
fensive.
Athens, April 1S.-1 a. IN. An official
despatch from Larissa, dated at 8 O'Clock
i last Saturday night, says that the Turks
under cover of darkness are asault:ng
the Greek forces at Mount Analips.s,
with great flerceness. The Greeks resist
ance, so far, has been magnificent and
] spirited. The Greeks still maintain their
i positions.
Headquarters Of the Greek Army, in
l rhessaly, Larissa, April 17.-Details of
he fighting between the Greeks and
l Turks at Nezeros. just within the Greek
'rontier line, in Thessaly, and due south
# Mount Olympus, have been received.
The fighting originated. according to the
I ireek reports, in an attempt upon the
,art Of the Turkish forces to occupy an
abandoned post of the Greeks. The
movement was opposed by the Greek
sorces, whereupon the Turks opened fire
ind q sharp engagement, lasting four
hours, ensued. The Greeks eventually
.etreated. The losses are not known.
This engagement occurred yesterday.
AT FIVE O'Clock this morning, heavy
fighting between the Turks and the
Greeks near Nezeros, was resumed. The
| Greeks. in the meanwhile, had been re-
nforced with artillery, which they
brought into play upon the Turkish post
ut Kotroni. The latter was eventually
destroyed with dynamite
1t is reported as this dispatch is sent,
that the Greeks have occupied three
Turkish stations, and that the Turks
are retreating.
| Crown Prince Constantine, the Greek
commander in chief, and General Macris,
were up all night dispatching orders t.
the front.
| No further news has been received
from Macedonia regarding the move
ments of the Greek irregulars. The
weather is still bitterly cold in the noun
tains.
Headquarters Of the Turkish Army in
Macedonia, Elassona, April It's a. NJ
News has reached here that the Greek
band has attacked the Turkish troops at
Karya northwest of Nezeros. A Turk
ish officer and two men were wounded.
As this message is forwarded, the
fighting continues and a council Of a war
is sitting here, under the presidency of
Edhem Pasha, the Turkish mander
in chief.
SalOnica, April IA battalion of
Albanians stationed at Uskub, in readi-
ness to start for the Greek frontier, has
been sent in haste to Verana, on the
Monetenegrin frontier and another bat
talon, now in course of formation, will
follow as soon as possible. This unex-
pected movement of Turkish troops
toward the MOntenegrin frontier has
given rise to the report that serious
danger is aprehended in that direction.
Athens, Greece, April 17.-Noon-Dis-
patches just received from the Greek
headquarters at Larissa, confirm the re-
port that nengagemnt has taken place
near Bezeros, in Thessaly, on the from
tier near Mount Analipsis, between til,
| Turks and the Greeks. 1t is further
stated that the Turks were the aggres-
sors, having attacked Greek advance,
post. A Greek corporal was killed and
| Greek sub-lieutenant was wounded. II
| understood that the forces engaged be
ionged to the regular armies of the wo
countries, although this is not po7t;y,.
ly stated in the despG tch
Athens, April IA telegram from
Larissa dated at 4:3O, Saturday after
noon, says that firing IS still proceeding
and that the cannon can be distinctly
heard
Athens, April ITO D. m., orders were
sent this afternoon to the Greek troops to
keep strictly on the defensive, but to
maintain their positions at all costs.
Constantinople, April IA detailed
circular sent this evening to the Turkish
representatives abroad recalls the weeks
invasions and states that the newest in
vasion was participated in by the Greek
troops which, therefore, establishes war.
The circular expresses the hope that the
powers in a spirit Of justice will agree
that the entire responsibility for the war
falls ON Greece. Turkey has no idea OF
conquest, and as a fresh proof of pacific
sentiments offers to retire hers from the
frontier and from Crete.
DON'T STOP FOR SUNDAY.
Athens, April 1S.-2:40 a. m. Firing is
reported along the whole line of the from
tier IN Thessaly.