Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-21
THE WAR SITUATION
TyFnaYOS in The Hands Of Edhem
PaSha,S Forces.
THE GREEKS SUCCESSFUL AT ARIA
An Important Battle Ixpt cted on the
Plaius Between Larissa aud
the Frontier.

NEW YORK, April 2l-A dispatch
TO the Journal from Athens sage:
The war on tho frontier continues
with undated fury and all along the
line from the Gulf Of Salonics on the
east to the Gulf OF Aria ON the west o
desperate struggle ia going on Tor the
mastery. The advance OF the Turkish
forces on Tyrnavos has not been tetl.
ously checked, though from Greek
sources come many claims OF victory.
These, however, are OF small import
Snee compared 10 The Information that
the Turks are Investing Tyrnavos.
TyrnavoB Ia about three leagues north
west OF Larissa and was depended
upon by the Greeks TO seriously ham
per any attempt that would have been
made by the Turks TO approach
Lafisss.
Immediately after their dis astrous
defeat at Milouna pass the Greeks Eel!
back to Tyrnavoe, but the Turks close.
ly followed them and began a vlgor-
Gus csnnonsding OF the position.
Tyrnavos's fall will make 1t next to
impossible for the Moslem advance
upon the Greek military base at Lnrisss
tU be stopped.
Larissa Is poorly fortified and IL may
become necetsary for the Greeks 10
participate u pitched battle with the
Turks on the plains that lie between
LarissA and the Macedonian frontier.
II sucn an event occurs, 1t will be the
greatest military struggle in the his-
Tory OF the wUrlu.
A Greek force, after q terrific battle
has managed to get through the plains
OF Damasi, in Macedonia, moautime
bombAruinn and destroying the small
village Of Viglia, half q dozen Turk.
ism batteries anu killing over 200
Turks. The Greek l-ss was light.
About 800 Turks we're taken prisoners
ut Viglis.
The pass at Reveni, few miles
northwest of TyInq VOC, where there
are 80 many as ~, 200 turks under the
personal direction Of Edhem Pssha
mas been the scene OF the fercest
fighting Of the war. This horde II
Mosisms singing and chatting war
songs reach from Rsveni to BovRho se,
and for the past three days have un-
Iemittingly esueRvored 10 obtain IA Tree
roau to The Thesssiian plains. Twenty
Thousand GreeRs, under the direution
Of Prince Constnntine have steadily
fought and struggled 10 Keep back the
Mohammedan stream and nave thus
lar succeeued.
On the gulf of Aria the Greeks are
having things pretty much their ow n
way. The Turks at Arta attem ptei
to cross the river despile the fire OF the
Greek artillery.
This WAS magnif'csntly handled,
u. a. n "a n a NJ zIANt
moved down by the score, the river
being literally filled with the sultan's
B0luiefs. Staggering unCer their awful
uefeat the Talks retreateu.
Col. Manos, Ia his invasion OF this
part OF Epirus. has been very success.
lul. He hhs occupied several villages
with nut slight resistance and has
hastily fortified them. There is hard.
Iy any serious obstacle TO his advance
northward into Albania and toward
Janine. where a great battle may be-
fought.
After retreating the Turks attempted
to bombnrd Aria, using nearly 100
pieces OF artillery In the operation.
But II JAILED, their mRrkmanship be
ing bad and The range too great. Tht
iquautUn OF iIonclaus which left The
PiraeuB under sealed orders 10 likely
10 strike some bold blow, though 1t Is
generally believed It 10 bound fol
5alonica, which it will bombsrd, anC
where 1t In hoped TO cut of the base oil
supplies OF the army under Edhen
Psaha.
Tho second squadron, composed o
a frigate, two c.rvettes, three armet
transports and one torpedo boat, havl
lett tue Golden horn. Other Turkish
vessels are still Under the guns of tn,
Uardanelies forts.