The Portland daily press., 1897-04-19
TURKS FIGHTING LIKE LIONS.
/ Fierce Battle at Foot of Nilouna
Pass.

Foot of Milouna Pass, April 49,
| 10 .. MA fierce battle ragged in the pass
all night lung. The Greeks who eutered
and descended the valley found fonr bat
talions of Turks who drove them back
and at the point of the bayohet rescued
tie force garrisoning the Turkish block
| house which the Greeks had enciroled
frontiering the pass.
Neshed Pasha, commanding the fifth
division, occupied Mount Parma with q
great force, while, Hairi Pasha, com
manding the sixth division prepared to
entsr the Tcaishan pass, and Haidar
Pasha with the fourth division occupied
the Milouna pass.
Before dawn Edhem Pnsha rode out to
direct the disposition of these divisions.
A general engagement enSued. The
battle still continues along the entire
pass, over 10000 being engaged. The
combat turns OH the possession OF the
Greek block house, which was most OBJ
stinate defended. Several vigorous at
success but finally about O'clock at
by magnificent dash at the point of
the bayonet they took the hiockhouse.
The Greeks are still defending their
positions on the summit of the hill. AT
the present moment four battalions of
Msndukh Pasha's division are advancing
to the frontier positions already taken.
The Turks are fighting like lions, the
Turkish artillery doing splendid execu-
tion under the command of Ria Pasha.
The correspondent of the Assooia tel
Press sassy:
ssI regret to have to announce the death
of Hatiza Pasha at Milouna. The battle
is still undecided, bat the Turks with
calling out the reserves have taken al
most the whole pass. 1t Is impossible to
give details as to the losses. | saw
many groups of wounded men. but they
were mostly on the heights. Ambulanoes
have been sent to bring them in.
81 cannot say whether the Turks in
tend to advance on Lnrissa.
Says Turkey Is the Aggression.
Athens, April 18.-s p. ma late
special sitting Of the legislative assembly
premier, announced that the Turkish
government had today notified Greece Of
tho rupture of diplomatic relations ON the
| ground of the1aggressivenes of the Greek
Government. He reviewed tho recent
events to show on the contrary that Tur-
KEY had bean the aggressor.
The premier then read the dispatches
l TPC1ElnQ
m the frontier. The leader of the oppo-
sition endorsed the declarations Of nj.
Delyanuis.
Turkey Has Declared War.
| Brussels, April 1S.-The Independence
Beige today announced that turkey has
officially declared war against g eece and
| that notification to this effect was sent
| ia the Powers this morning.
Successful Bolnbardment
Athens, April ia telegram just re-
ceived from Aotium statessthat the Greek
| Hoti1Ia in the Gulf of bracia is now
| On m successfully bombarding the
| Skadiki battery. Four gunboats are at
| tockiDe SalaRora. The first shot was
sent by the Greek warship Basileus
Georgios.
| Turks Had the Advantage.
London, April 1s.-In Saturdays hill
| fighting the Turks had the advantage.
Tbey were iudioiously ambushed be-
hind the rocks and from their sheltered
nositons maintained incessant fire.
Todays Sunday fighting at Milouna
mass took place around the outlying
| block houses which were captured then
| re.taken, captpred again and again re-
taken. The Greek positions suffered Sc
vsreIy from the splendid scrapnell prac-
flee of the Turkish batteries at range
ns $500 petres. Columns of smoke could
! he peen rising in every direction from the
| Greek positions cauaed by the Turkish
/ she'll fire The Greeks defended with the
greatest courage but were not able to re-
| sist the slow but steady advance of the
turks. AS evening came on three of the
| Crack outworks surrendered and asked
the Turks to ceRse the shell fire. The
latter now holds the advanced line ex-
cept at one spot.
THE principal fighting done by the
turkish infantry was at Sumba and
DumeBce at the south of the pass.