Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-04-29
lAHHSI HIS BEEN TAKEN
Greeks Capture a Strategic
Point in the Interior.
REPAYS LOSS OF MILoUNA
\ Strong Effort Is Being Made to
Cut on Edhcm Pasha's Supplies
Tho Turks Are Sholliug Tyrnavos.

Cut on Edhcm Pasha's Supplies
Tho Turks Are Smelling Tyrnavos.
Athens, April 22.-News has just
reached here that the Greeks, after q
desperate battle, have captured Damasi.
Vigil is still resisting Another division
of Greek troops, it is reported, has
traversod the Reveni pass and captured
three blockhouses. This division has
almost reached Damasi, where it will
effect Il union with the force that cap
tured the town.
The 10000 troops under General
Smolinitz displayed the greatest
bravery Reveni lies twelve miles
northwest OF Larissa. Edhem Pasha,
with force variously estimated at
from 10, 900 TO - 900 troops, led seven
assaults against it yesterday, but all
were repulsed by the Greeks. Crown
Prince Constantine has telegraphed
here that the Turks at that point were
completely and finally repulsed.
In Athens greater attention has been
paid to the operations in the neighbor-
hood of Reveni than to those at Milouna
pass. The theory all along has been
that if the Greeks could establish them
selves at Damasi, their road would lie
open to Elassona.
The exact situation at Tyrnavos is
somewhat in doubt. The news from
that point is conflicting, but there is
no confirmation Of the rumor that the
place has been captured by the Turks.
1t seems that Tyrnavos was evacuated
in order to send troops forward to
Reveni, and was then reoccupied by
troops returning from Milouna.
Maneuvering TO Cut or Supplies.
Athens, April 22.-The news of the
capture of Damasi puts new com
plexion on the situation on the frontier.
1t is a great encouragement to the gov
ernment, and is likely to have the most
exhilirating effect upon the spirits of
the Greeks, who had been greatly Dr.
pressed by the reverses of their troUps
at Milouna pass. This success, and the
fact that the fall of Perversa seems
imminent, virtually offsets the calamity
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effect union at Damasi, as is expected,
there is almost nothing in the way Of
their prompt advance to Elassona. If
Tyrnavos falls into the hands of Ed
hem Pasha, and the Turkish troops
sweep down upon the plain and advance
to Larissa to meet the force collected
there under the crown prince, they will
be between two grand divisions of the
Greek army. This seems to have been
the object of Greek strategy,
Should the Greeks succeed in reduc.
ing the forts at Perversa, as now seems
probable, and occupy the town with
the large land force cooperating with
the bombarding warships, the royal
road to Janina will be open, and the
Turkish troops in Epirus placed at the
most serious disadvantage.
The strategic value of Perversa to the
Turkish division in Albania is that, so
long as it remains in the hands of the
Turks, it makes possible a steady line
of munitions and food supplies. With
Perversa in the hands of the Greeks,
this line would be promptly cut, and it
would be practically impossible to re-
victual the Turkish troops by the long
land route through Macedonia. On the
other hand, the Greek troops could be
revictualed by sea.