The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-20
BLOODY FIGHT
TURKS DEFEATED IN A DESPERATE
BATTLE AT REVENI
Seven Thousand MosIemx Reported to
Have Been Killed and Wounded
During One Engagement.
EDHEM PHSHA PURSUED HARD
THE TURKISH COMMANDER-IN-
CHIEF BARELY ESCAPES CAPTURE,
And, at Last Accounts, Was Being
Pursued by the Victorious
Army of HeIIenes.
PREVESA NOT YET FALLEN
ITS FORTS STILL FEEBLY REPLYING
TO THE GREEK WAR SHIPS.
Another Vessel Sunk by the Turks,
and the Gulf of Arta Closed
by the Porte.
BATTLE OF MILOUNA PASS
THE sULTAN's SOLDIERS DESCRIBED
AS FIGHTING LIKE DEVILS,
Another Vessel Sunk by the Turks,
and the Gulf of Arta Closed
by the Porte.
BATTLE OF MILOUNA PASS
THE SULTAN'S SOLDIERS DESCRIBED
AS FIGHTING LIKE DEVILS,
While King Georges Troops Made
War Like the Greeks of OId-Poxsi-
Bile Action of the Powers.

LONDON, April 20-The warning Greeks
spent all yesterday in skirmshing for ad-
vantageous positions in the mountainous
regions that form their respective frontiers
Sharp fighting was reported at severa!
places. but the details are meager. Artil-
lery was brought into play by detachments
of both armies. and the shrieking of shells
was added to the rattle of musketry. The
Turks are said to be showing the best gen.
eralship. their leaders having the advice of
some of the best officers in the German
army. Besides. Edhem Pasha, the Turkish
commander-in-chief, is one of the heroes of
the Turco-Russian war. and is noted
strategist The Turks have also the advan-
tage of superior numbers-two to one being
about the ratio. The Greeks, however
have more patriotism than their Moslem
enemies, and are fighting with a vim ana
spirit that almost makes up for their fewer
numbers.
There is no means of learning the total
ing been buried where they fell or carried
into the valleys and laid in trenches The
various field hospitals are caring for
numerous wounded, and many who were
able to bear the journey have been carried
to Elassona and Larissa, the headquarters,
respectively, of the Turkish and Greek
armies. One Turkish officer reported he
saw at least one thousand dead Greeks ly-
ing on the hilsdes after the battle of Mi
louna Pass. while the Turks report their
loss slight. Although the main portions
of both armies rested yesterday, there was
stated. sharp skirmishing at several
points. The troops of Edhem Pasha were
half dead with fatigue and hunger when
the firing slackened Sunday night. Most
Of them flung themselves down where they
stood OH the bare ground 10 sleep. The
Turkish commander-in-chief prudently de-
cided to allow his army to rest yesterday.
FOUGHT LIKE DEVILS"
copyrighted dispatch to the Associated
Press from the scene of operations says:
AS details come in it becomes more and
more apparent that the fighting in Milouna
pass of the most stubborn and savage
character. The Turks fought like devils and
the Greeks resisted i'm the spirit of their
ancestors. The most inexplicable fact III
connection with the whole engagement is
the comparatively small number of killed
All the special correspondents agree to this
The Turks appear to have fired as wildly
with their rifles at Milouna pass as they
did at Arta, where the fighting consisted
of an artillery duel between the rival bat
teries on each side of the river. lasting
about four hours in the afternoon. There
they fired only one out of five shots with
sienced by the Greeks, whose marksman-
ship was very much superior. The Turkish
losses at Arta are believed to have been
very heavy. on the Greek side there was
not a man killed.
AT p. m. last night il was reported that
General Smolenitz. ex-mnister of war
was in command of 14.0O0 Greeks at Re-
vena, not far from Tyrnavos. northwest of
Larissa. AT that point Edhem Pasha, close
ly pressed was nearly taken prisoner His
plan was TO force the pass of Reveni, cut
off the retreat of the Greek army with his
cavalry and thus take Larissa without re-
sstance. But this plan was defeated. Gen
Demopoulos at the head of one Greek
division, forced the Turkish line at Boug-
hazi. close to Tyrnavo. and General Nav
romochale broke through at Koniskos. The
TWO generals united their troops near
Damasi.
The news of this success at Reveni and
of the imminent fall of Prevesa has
changed the dlsmay caused at Athens by
the loss OF Milouna into the widest rejojc-
ing. The latest advices last night were that
the Greek trops were advancing to reoc-
cupy their positions at Milouna and at
Gritzovali. the latter of which, it is al