The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-05-03
THE GREEK ARMY CRUMBLIEG
Undignihed Retreat of King Georges Sol
diers Before the Advancing Turkish
ForcestA Greek officer Admits
the Futility Of Continu-
ing the War.

OF war have been formed for the pur-
pose of inspecting railways and faciIi-
tating the dispatch Of troops to the
frontier.
1t has been decided by Turkey to
extinguish the torches in all the light
houses on the Gulf of Smyrna as far
as Karaburun during the continuance
of the war, 1t is officially announced
that the Greeks resident i'm Turkey
may become naturalized as an alterna-
tive to leaving the country This will
be compulsory for all Greeks officially
employed in Turkey.
After remaining inactive for two
days the Greek troops on Friday re-
Invaded Epirus. The Sixth regiment
advanced and occupied PhIlppiada for
the third time without fighting. TIE
Turks are still at Pentepigada and
lmaret has been fortified, the military
bridge over the river Arta having been
destroyed. The streets of Arta pre-
sent strange scene, with the contin-
uous exodus of citizens and the steady
incoming of the peasantry, who camp
out in the streets around fires, with
thousands of sheep and cattle.
The Times correspondent at Patras,
giving further details of the fighting
ct Pentepigada, notes the neglect of
the officers to provide for the timely
arrival OF reinforcements. a matter so
difficult In that wild section of the
country, and proceeds.
When the Turks opened the attack
/ realized that their fierce onset might
eXpel the mere handful of Greeks, but
did not realize that this one blow
would throw the entire Greek army
~ win fv,N,
cause the loss of all the positions
gained since the opening Of the cam
paign.
Six thousand Turks scaled the
mountain, covered as it is with brush
and rocks and in the face of firing
which was rapid and continuous. They
lost heavily in spite OF the fact that
two Greek guns We're inexplicably re-
moved from action shortly after the
fusillade began. The Evzones fought
bravely but were compelled to retire.
THE rest of the Greek positions have
been abandoned. There has been ap-
parently no stand anywhere, and the
whole army Is crumbling without mr.
ing shot We entered Kumuzades,
which 5000 men with six guns had de-
serted, accompanied by the terrified
"
then we descended the rough pass
where for hours we met no one. The
retreating and panic stricken troops
were far ahead.
About midnight we and our mourn
full procession of villagers overlook the
routed army on the road, crowded and
in utter confusion, packed with mass
of humanity tumbling on through the
IA "a ri
for it was a strange panic that had
seized the men, a sullen, unexoited,
stubborn determination not to fight.
put to press on toward Arta in a slug
gish, irresistible wave. The officers.
Ike their regiments, walked with
gloomy and shamefaced expression
quite unable to get their men in hand
At Kanopoulo Colonel Botzari and his
stan Vainly tried to check the rout and
to make stand"
Captain Rabbek, of King Georges
personal staff, wired here from Athens
Saturday that the right wing of the
Greek rmy had repulsed the Turks
but that the left wing had retreated
behind the old frontier line to avoid
being circumvented. Captain RabbeIl
adds; THE Greek army in Rpirus.
after defeat at Pentepegadia, has re-
tired to Arta. All hope Of continuing
the war is now virtually abandoned.
The fleet has returned to Volo for the
protection of the inhabitants"
The Times publishes a dispatch from
Larissa which says: The Christians
who are returning here all say that
during the battle at Milouna Crown
Prince Constantin was at Karadere,
at the foot Of the pass. The Greek
army is described as behaving on that
occasion like a dlsorderly mob. All
discipline was flung to the winds, and
the soldiers fired even on their own
officers, so terrific was the panic. II
is impossible to believe that the army
at Pharsalos can Withstand the Turks
in a pitched battle, That the war is
now practically over is plainly ap-
parent.
A dispatch from Lamia says: "Since
Friday the whole body of Greek troops
near Pharsalos aud Domokos has been
drawn up in order of battle, but at this
hour there has been no fighting The
Inhabitants of Pharsalos have aban-
doned the town in fear of a Turkish
attack, and an exodus has begun from
Domokos I'm the direction of Lamia, the
pitching their tents in the
open country.
Ismau Pasha, governor of the Island
Of Crete has protested against the de-
cision of the admirals allowing food
to be supplied to inhabitants in the in
terror. He demands cessation of the
blockade or its complete re-establish- /
ment.
The Athens correspondent of The
Daily Mail telegraphs: Both the fleets
remain idle. The poDulace continues
Indignant at the filing of the railway
with Grown Prince Con-
stantin's baggage In the flight from
Larissa, despite the protests of the rail-
way officials. The people say that they
have been cheated and betrayed. They
are also angry at the neglect Of the
government to call out the exempted
who are for the most part
Of ministers, deputies and
band Of 1000 irregulars is about to
start for the front their standard
bearer, a 19-year-old girl named Helen
Constantinidis, dressed in the same