Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-20
SUPERIOR MARKSMANSHIP
iCE STANDS FOR TIME
Copyrighted. 1897, by the Associated
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ccopyrightsd. 1897, by the Associated
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 Lontlrn, April 19.-7 D. m-In spite of -he fact that the hoatiIties on the Greek frontier have caused but lid.le excitement here, communications have been in prog ress all day long between Rome, France and Athens. It is reported tkat among the matters considered is the expedlency of ordering the inte. national fleet to leave Cretan waters and go in the direction of SaINrGca and the DardenGl+lles to watch the fighting, With 0 view of localizing it, if necessary by naval intervention. Should thda suggeeI-ion which is under stood to enarate from the Italian front fer office, be acted on. It As probable that one-half the flesi. of foreign vessels would be withdrawn for such a purp1Se, the other half remaining 10 continue the Gre tan blockade Ihare Is said to be sharp difference of opinion between the mili- tary powers, Russia Austria, Hungary and Germany and the maritime powers, France Fl1gland and Italy, as 10 the most expeditions and least violent me,h- otis Of compelling a cessation of hoStiu- ties, should this result uNs be reached by the exercise of diplomatic pressure at Athens and Cons iaIstinop5e. The likell- hood is that the force to be employed by Europe, If resort to force beceCmes nsc- eEsary, will be by sea, as the consingen- cies of military Intervention might be more serious than the hUstili.ies now in progress.
 Ut is reported at the foreign office that communications received here today from the Marquis of Salisbury, after his inter- view with Queen Victoria at Nice sup pont the theory thaJ; the British govern ment is using it's utmost energy to psr- suade the comba tants to make a cessa- tion of the conflict at the stage which it has now reached M Hantoux, who re- ceived the Greek minister to Fra nee to- day, ts understood to have assured him ljbat while France could not tolerate the inifefrite prolongaitfon of the war and would never consent no any material a1- iteration of the existing territorial rela- tfans of Greece and Turkey, she would continue for the present her policy of orT-fnterventioE4 except so far as inter- veEticn nJighlt be necessary to prevent the sprsad of the contest to other com- battantS.
 The situation on the frontier has not. according to the latest advices, been ma terially modified today. Both the Turks and the Greeks are resting from the tre- mendous exertions of Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The troops of Edhem Pasha were half dead with fatigue and hunger when the fighting ,sackened Saturday night Most of them flung themselves down where they stood on the bare ground to sleep. The Turkish comman- ti-lU-Eulel 4ECluEQ LD dllON his army to rest today
 As details come in it becomes more and more apparent that the fighting in Milouna Pass was of the most stub- born and savage character. The Turks fought like devils and the Greeks re- sisted in the spirit of their ancestors. The most inexplicable fact in connection with the whole engagement Is the com paratively small number of killed all the special correspondents agree as to TN,, e widely with their rifles in Milouna Pass as they did at Arta, where the fighting consisted of an artillery duel between the rival batteries on each side of the river lasting about four hours in the af- ternoon. There they fired only one of the five shots with any effect and their batteries were soon silenced by the Greeks. whose markmanship was very superior The Turkish losses 1t Arta are believed to have been very heavy On the Greek side there was not a man killed.
 Later @ D. rn.)--Gen. snlilonetz, ex-min- ister of war, is in command of 14,o00 Greeks at Reveni, not far from Tryna- vos northwest of Larissa. At this point Fdhem Pasha closely pressed, was near iy taken prisoner. His plan was to force the pass of Reveni to enter the plain of Larissa without resistance. But this plan was defeated. Gen. Demopoulos, at the head of one of the Greek divisions, forced the flurKlSH iltle al bHuSdSi ciPSS to Trynavos and Gen. MaVromochale 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 Pfevsa has changed the dismay caused at Athens by the loss of Milouna into the widest re- joicing. The latest advices tonight are that the Greek troops are advancing to reoccupy their positions at Milouna and at Gritzovali, the latter or which II IS alleged. was abandoned owing to mis- understanding by the general in com mahd who interpreted as an order Of re- treat what was really intended as an order to advance.
 Capt. Tagarde, who was wounded at Gritzovan, shot himself in order to av7id falling into the hands of the Turks. The Greeks report that the Turks lo9t 7.oo0 killed and wounded at Reveni bu- this estimate is probably excessive. The Greek engineers constructed bridge across the river at Pachsyskohl to enable their troops to cross. It is stated that the Turkish forces attacking Reveni numbered more than 10000