The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-15
Struggle to be Resumed This
Morning.
MOSLEMS SHORT OF CANNON.
Hand to Hand Work With the
BayOnGt.

Twenty-Five Greek officers and 400
of Their Soldiers HOrs de Combat.
NicopoIis Attacked by Land and
Water and the Ottoman Troops
Resist Desperately Until Darkness
Forces n Cessation of HOstilIties.
The Resumption of HOstiIitIes
situation and Hnmpering the Ne
gOtiatiOns for Peace.
Arta, May IA, p. m.-Desperate fight
ing has been in progress all day near Gri-
boro. on the road to Filippiada. The brig
ades of Greeks with many guns, two COM
panies of sappers and a squadron of cav
airy attacked the Turks who were almost
without artillery. The Greeks forced the
first Turkish line of defense, but met with
a stubborn resistance at the second. In
several places the bayonets were so close
to the cannon that they 6he bayonets)
could not be used. The battle still con-
tinues as this dispatch is being sent.
AFta, May IA, p. m.-The fighting at
Gr1boro has ceased and the Greeks have
occupied the various nights in the neigh
borhood. Twenty-Five officers and 400 men
are hors de combat. The battle will be
resumed tomorrow.
Since o'clock p. m. the gunboat fiotilla
has been attacking Nicopolis from inside
the Gulf of Ambracsia, with a simultane-
Gus attack proceeding from the land side.
The Turkish batteries replied vigorously
and firmly resisted the attack. The COM
ing on of darkness stopped the engage
ment.
All the Greek efforts are now concen-
rated upon capturing Nicopolis and Pre-
yesa before advancing to Pentepigadia.
London, May 1.-THE correspondent Of
the Times at Athens says: "The resump-
ton of offensive operations in Epirus
greatly complicates the situation and
tends to hamper the negotiations for
peace. The evident intention of the Greek
commanders is to capture the Turkish
positions there, in order to show that
they have not been defeated.
I'm an interview to-day M. Ralli, the
premier, repeated his statement that hu-
manitaran motives are responsible for the
advance in Epirus but he did not deny the
+. advantages which might be hoped for from
the capture of Prevesa and the occupation
Of the adjoining Turkish territory
I'VE are still at war; he said, and un-
I'll an armistice is concluded Greece re-
tains her liberty of action. we cannot al
low our activity to be confined to Thessa-
~ where the Turks are preponderant.
Inc powers have hindered us from acting
IN Crete but Greece cannot be barred
everywhere, nor compelled to restrict her
operations to limited area.
we have done our best to obtain an
armistiee; and until It is accorded we
must act where and when we can. II we
nave not already prosecuted the war at
various points and among the islands Of
tne Aegean, IL is only because we have
taken into consideration the sufferings to
which the Greek population might be sub
jected,
The government apparently thinks that
renewal OF the war will hasten instead
OF retard the armistlce. This calculation
may prove TO be correct; but It is more
hkely that Turkey will seize upon It as
an excuse for delaying the armistIce, and
VIII deal a crushing blow in Thessaly."
Domokos, May "A, p. m.-The Turks
nave retired in the direction OF Pharsala.
London May 15.-The Athens corre-
epohdent OF the Daily Chronicle says:
me Turks who had taken refuge at Grl-
poro were largely reinforced during the
"isnt Thursday, and received the attack
VI 'ne Greeks this morning (Frlday), with
terrible fire. The Greeks retired with
loss Of 500 men,"
SULTAN WON'T GRANT TRUCE.