Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-04-20
Between Turkey and Greece
That Promises to Be Fierce.
Desperate Battle for the Possession
of Valuable Strategic Points.
The Greeks Said to Have Had this Best of
the Fighting-Macedonia is Wild
with Excitement-The Cry is
Everywhere ITO the Front"

| ATHENS, April lS.-drceCC accepts
the issue. She has recalled her minis
ter from Constantinople. The govern
| ment is confident in the righteousness
of the cause of Greece. An appeal
will probably be issued within a
few hours to all liberty-loving nations
of the world Hostilities have already
begun All along the entire Thessa-
liam frontier the opposing forces are
cannonading ench other. On the sea,
too, operations have been initiated,
and few hours time will bring news
of important engagements The Turk
ish batteries at Preveza opened fire
The Grecian vessel sank. The loss of
life on board is at present unknown.
AS result of this the Greek fotilla
in the gulf moved closer to Preveza
and began BON harding the town. The
fire was kept up fast and furious.
Great damage was done, and the loss
of life must be large. The Greek land
battery at Kefale Panaghla also be.
gan to lombard Preveza us soon as the
flotilla opened fire. Shot and shell
have been pounding into the town all
morning.
The official dispatches announce that
all the Turkish stations from Nezero
Koutra are occupied by Greek soldiers.
Attack after attack has been made by
Turkish regiments and batteries on
Analipsis Each attack was repulsed.
The losses on the Turkish side were
heavy.
Edhem Pasha has crossed the from
tier. He has 10000 we'll equipped
men with him, all veterans. They
are marching on Larissa by way of
Revenl.
A desperate battle may be expected
at Larissa.
Word has just been received here
that NJ. Mavrocordato, the Greek min
lister to Turkey, has already quilted
Constantinople, All reports agree
that the fighting so far has been of the
fiercest description. The Turks espe-
cially seem to fight with even more
than the ferceness which character
lied them in the last war with Russia.
AT MeneXe 200 Turkish soldiers were
killed.
The foreign legion in Athens has
been ordered to be ready for the front
at a moments notice. The notice is
almost unnecessary, as the legion has
been expecting the order for days.
The greatest excitement prevails at
Macedonia. All Greece is ablaze over
the latest reports from the seat of war.
The loss of Greek ship has stirred
up Athens Everywhere the cry is
raised ITO the front" 1t is going to
be the cross against the crescent in
war that for ferceness will be unpar-
alleled.
LONDON, April 19.-The Times Cor
respondent at Elassona will say Mon.
day:
Il visited the hospital to-day Sun
day. and found all admirably conduct
ed. But the scene was most distress
ing, the wounded screaming in their
agony and feverishly tearing the bed
ding in their delirium.
I'm Saturdays hill fighting the
Turks had the advantage, They were
sudiciously ambushed behind the
rocks and from their sheltered posi-
tions maintained an incessant fire
sundays fighting at Molouna's
Pass took place around three outlying
blockhouses, which were captured.
then retaken, captured again and
again retalicn. The Greek positions
suffered severely from the splendid
shrapnel practice OF the Turkish bat
teries at range of 3, 500 meters. Col
umns OF smoke could be seen rising
in every direction from the Greek posi-
tions, caused by the Turkish shell fire.
The Greeks defended with the great
est courage, but were not able to
stand against the slow but steady ad-
vance OF the Turks.
''As evening came on three of the
Greek outworks surrendered and
asked the Turks to cease the shell fire.
The latter now hold the advanced line
except at one spot.
The principal Fighting done by the
Turkish infantry was at Skumba and
Dumenie, to the right of the pass"
PARIS, April 19-The Temps calls
upon the powers to intervene by force
of arms to stop Turkey and Greece
from further lighting,
ATHENS April 10,-All the forts eX-
cept one, which is the strongest, have
been destroyed at Prevesa by the bonn
bardment of the Greek feet
CORFU, April luxurious fighting
has been in progress on the frontier
near Arta. 1t is rumored that the
Greeks have taken Menaxa by assault. |
ROME, April ia dispatch to the
Messagero from Arta says the re-
naming Turkish forts at Prevesa have
been destroyed by the fire of the Greek
warships, and that the position of the
Turks is untenable. Four thousand
Greeks have been landed for the pur-
pose of occupying Prevesa.
A second dispatch to the same paper
announces that 1000 Albanians who
started into Greece with the expected
intention Of reaching Larissa have re-
crossed the frontier and are now raw
aging Epirus
ATHENS, April 19.-Dispatches from
the front received here Monday even
ing says that the Turks in consider
able force have been attacking Reveni,
not far from Tyrnavo, northwest of
Larissa, which would indicate that the |
Greeks have not advanced far into the |
Damazi plain 1t is added that the |
Turks were repulsed at Reveni. A |
still later dispatch from Gritzoyali ad-