The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-21
GREEKS MAKE GAINS
If They Yielded ryrnavo. They
captur d D,naasi.
UNION or FORCES r@ERE
ALL MEN TO THE FRONT AND
WOMEN TO THE HOSUITALS.

NiTYleNE ANA .HlOS OCCUPIED
The Greatest bravery C,spiayed.' In
.Snise of This euhan, pasfa Reports
Victories TO ,hs Sui'sr, ut
Based or Ty-navo,
Athens, April 20.-The news Of the
capture of Damasi puts a new complex
ION upon the situation on the frontier,
is a great encouragement to the govern
-ment, and is likely to have the most ex-
Ailiarating effect upon the spirits Of the
Greeks, who had been greatly depressed
by the reverse of their troops at MilOuna
Pass.
If the Greek divisions effect union at
Damasi, as is expected, there is almost
nothing in the way of their prompt adj
vance to ElassOna.
If Turnaov falls into the hands Of Ed
hem Pasha, and the Turkish troops sweep
down upon the plain and advance to La
rissa to meet the force concentrated there
under the Crown Prince, they will be be-
=
army. This seems to have been the OBJ
.ject Of Greek strategy.
Should the Greeks succeed in reducing
the forts of Prevesa, as now seems proba-
BILE, and in occupying the town with the
large land force cooperating with the
bombarding warships, the road to Janina
will be open, and the Turkish troops iii
.Epirus placed at the most serious disad-
vantage. The stragetic value of Pre-
vesa to the Turkish division in Albania,
!. Is that so long as it remains in the hands
of the Turks, it makes possible a steady
7iine of munitions and food supplies.
With Prevesa in the hands Of the
Greeks, this line would be promptly cut.
and it would be practica,iy impossible to
revictual the Turkish troops by the long
hand route through Macedonia. On the
other hand, the Greek troops could be
revictualed by sea.
TURKISH ARTILLERY SILENCED.
Athens, April 20.-A dispatch from
Aria says that 1000 Greeks have crossed
the frontier at Bani, and severe artil-
terry duel has been n progress since Mon
day. The Greek artillery have silenced
the Turkish-Imauret fort, commanding
the town. Two attempts by the Turks
I'D Cross tie fiNtT We!t IepulSt-i.
has been brisk firing at Plaza and heavy
infantry fire along the line for about FIVE
miles. Two Greek officers and many
Turks have been killed.
DAMASTS CAPTURE CONFIRMED.
Athens, April 21.--1 A. M.-The report
Of the capture of Damasi by the Greeks,
under General Smolenizt, is confirmed by
official dispatches.
Official dispatches report also that
further heavy breaches have been made
in the Turks forts at Prevesa. The
commandment ceased at nightfall, but will
be resumed this morning wednesday,
The iron-clad Spetzia has left the gulf
OF Arta to join the Eastern squadron,
which, il is aid, has an important mission.
GREEKS SUFFERED AT MILOUNA
London, April 20.-The latest details
as to the fighting at Milouna Pass make
it evident that he Greeks suffered severe
~ because Of their lack Of artillery. Sew
eral OF the war correspondents aver that
II the Greeks had possessed anything like
adequate artillery the Turks would never
have captured positions 50 / obstinately
held by the Greeks. .',i.,sg f.a .iee.tflnsYrs
GREECE ASKS FAIR PLAY ONLY.
Athens, April 20.-The government has
addressed note to the Foreign Minis
tiers and Consuls IN Greece, calling their
attention to the fact that Greece. has adj
hered to the declaratio6s 6fsthA Berlin
Congress of 1850. and exptesSihg the hope
that foreign governments will respect
the laws of neutrality. re-
ONE HUNDRED GREEKS KILLED.
Eonstantinople, April 2O-Edhem Pasha
shax wired the Sultan that he gained
several notable victories yesterday, occu-
pying all the fortified positions command
ing Tyrnavo. He reports that the Greeks
evacuated their entrenched camp, leav-
ing behind thirty cases Of cartridges and
many rifles. The Turks, he says, have
retaken Telitzko, which the Greeks sur
prised and captured on the first day of
frontier aggression.
The Turkish commander at Janina an
.nounces that the Greek fleet, which has
been bombarding Prevesa, has been COM
pelled to retire, one division withdrawing
to the interior of the gulf and the larger
irenclads outside sailing for the islands
of Faxo and Sancta Laura.
An official telegram from Zanthi, as
Serbs 4flE.t the Greeks who landed at
Eisutn9rUf;0a, and reached G0Jfat, near
the railway. were attacked and defeated
by Turkish troops and peasants and that
100 Greeks were killed.
TRYING TO EXPEL THE GREEKS.
london, April 20.-A despatch from
Cairo to the Times says that the Turk
isl, government has called upon the khe
dive no expel all the Greeks from Egypt.
As the Greeks number $4,000 and are the
chief promoters of commerce and trade,
their removal is desired by none save
: the old Turkish party. 1t it probable that
lFrance will undertake to protect them
and thus the expulsion will be avoided.
GREEKS OCCUPY MITYLENE.
London, April 2O.-A despatch to the
Morning Post from Constantinople, says
that the report that the Greek volunteers
have cut the Salonica Railway near Kav-
ala. is not confirmed. But the Greeks