, 1897-04-24
|GREEK HOLDING EVEN.
IN SPITE OF SUPERIOR NUMBERS
THE TURK is NOT SURE OF
VICTORY.
In Every Battle the Greeks Fight Like
Demons and the Turks are Becom-
ing Demoralized-It is Stated That
Edhem Pasha Has Been Superced-
ed by Another General.

Athens. April %. g a. mater the
bombardment OF Katrina, on the Gull
OF Salonica, by the Greek squadron, had
put to flight two b~attalions Of Turks and
the inhabitants OF that place. the Greek
fleet landed a detachment and found the
Turks had left behind them immense
stores OF provisions destined for the
armies of Edhem Pasha. These valuable
stores had been left unprotected in the
belief by he Turks that a blockade Of
Greece by the fleets of the powers would
prevent Greek fleet from attacking the
Turkish towns on the Gulf Of Salonica
which are near the railroad to Salonica,
and which have been used as points to
land stores for the Turkish army and
forward them to the front.
The capture Of these towns. not to
mention the loss Of the stores. places a
serious difficulty in the path OF Edhem
Pasha, and it is stated here that as soon
as the Turkish commandments
heard the news Of the capture OF Plata
mon and Katrina he dispatched 10000
men toward the coast Of Macedonia,
fearing a flank attack from the Gulf OF
Salonica.
The Greek fleet, in returning from the
capture OF Katrina, bombarded the post
Of Litchoro.
A dispatch from Larissa says that yes
terday after the Greeks had fortified
M~ayreychori, to which place they re-
treated after %evacuating Nezeros, they
reoccupied Ratzina and Hegania, which
was abandoned by the Greeks, the
Turks failed to occupy.
A dispatch from Aria says: The Turks
have abandoned Kafi and Kosnitzade-
son on the left bank Of Arachphos. The
inhabitants left precipitately. abandon
ing their belongings.
All along the route to Fort Imarget
Captured by the Greeks) there were
evidences Of hasty flight Of the Turkish
hosehoulds.
The belongings Of the Turks were
everywhere scatterd about. The project
OF Arta has reached Fillipiada. He was
received with reclamation by the popu-
lation. A number Of Greek wounded
have been brought to Fillipiada. The
dead were left unburied along the route.
The headquarters OF Colonel Manos,
~, oo-nr,,rIor ~ kLn Crnalr Sorooc IN
Epirus. is at Stina.
A lively fusilade continues between
the Greeks and the Turkish outposts
around Arta. In the villages abandoned
by the Turks the Greeks found a consid-
cradle supply of ammunition.
During the fighting on Tuesday the
Turks at daybreak attempted to rush the
bridges and capture Arta by assault.
Their artillery had been secretly brought
up during the night and placed in posi-
ton on commanding elevations opposite
the town. Under cover of a furious
cannonade the Turks advanced upon the
bridge and were received with a murd-
erous rifle fire from the Greeks. The
Turks made several attempts to cross
the bridge, but in spite Of their desperate
efforts they never succeeded in getting
farther than the center OF the bridge.
There the Turkish commander fell dead.
and under the terrible fire Of the Greeks
the Turks fell back in dismay. Some
time afterwards the Turkish guns were
silenced.
In spite Of this reverse the Turks re-
newed tho assault during the afternoon
and further desperate fighting followed.
The Greeks, sheltered in their trenches,
fought CALAMITY and held their own, al
though since the outbreak Of hostilities
the Greeks had not for a moment quilted
their posts in the trenches.
Stories Of Turkish atrocities are cur
rent. A Greek officer, who says he was
an eyewitness to the affair, asserts that
in the attack which the forts made upon
the Greek position west of Arta, a num-
Der Of captured Christian women were
marched in front OF the Turkish lines In
expectation that the Greeks would re-
frain from returning the fire Of the
Turks for fear Of wounding the women.