The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-04-22
WAR DECLARED.
Desperate Battle for the Possession
Of Valuable Strategic Points.
The Greeks Said to Have Had this Best Of
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 10 Wild
With Excitemcnt-The Cry 10
Everywhere "To the Front"

New YORK, April 49, The Journal,
In an extra edition Sunday evening,
publishes the following foreign war
news:
ATHENS, April 19.-Greece accepts
the issue. She has recalled her minis
ter from Constantinople. The govern
ment is confident in the righteousness
of the cause of Greece. An appeal
will probably be issued within q
few hours to all liberty-loving nations
of the world. Hostilities have already
begun. All along the entire Thessa-
lian frontier the opposing forces are
canaoaading each other. On the sea,
too, operations have been initiated,
and few hours time will bring news
OF important engagements. The Turk
ish batteries at Preveza opened fire
on Greek vessel in the Gulf OF Arta.
The Grecian vessel sank. The loss of
life on board is at present unknown.
AS result of this the Greek fotilla
in the gulf moved closer to Preveza
and began BON harding the town. The
fire was kept up fast and furious.
Great damage was done, and the loss
of life must be large. The Greek land
battery at Kefale Panaghla also be-
gan to bonn bard Preveza as soon as the
fotilla opened fire. Shot and shell
have been pounding into the town all
morning.
ASSN Pasha left Sunday night Ev-
erythiug points to the war being con.
Quoted with extreme bitterness on both
sides
The official dispatches announce that
all the Turkish stations from Nezero
Koutra are occupied by Greek soldiers
Attack after attack has been made by
Turkish regiments and batteries on
Analipsis. Each attack was repulsed.
The losses on the Turkish side were
heavy.
Edhem Pasha has crossed the from
tier. He has 10000 we'll equipped
men with him, all veterans They
are marching on Larissa by way of
Revenl.
A desperate battle may be expected
at Larissa.
Word has just been received here
that M. Mavrocordato, the Greek min
lister to Turkey, has already quilted
Constantinople. All reports agree
that the fighting SO far has been of the
fiercest description. The Turks espe-
cially seem to fight with even more
than the ferceness which character
lied them in the last war with Russia.
At Menexe 200 Turkish soldiers were
killed
The foreign legion in Athens has
been ordered to be ready for the front
at moments notice. The notice is
almost unnecessary, as the legion has
been expecting the order for days.
The greatest excitement prevails at
Macedonia All Greece is ablaze over
the latest reports from the seat of war
The loss of Greek ship has stirred
up Athens Everywhere the cry is
raised ''To the front" 1t is going to
be the cross against the crescent in a
war that for fierceness will be unpar-
alleled.
BRUSSELS, April 19.-The Independ-
ence Beige Sunday announces that
Turkey has officially declared war
against Greece, and that a notification
to this effect was sent to the powers
Sunday morning.
LONDON, April 19.-The Times Cor
respondent at Elassona will say Mon
day:
II visited the hospital to-day Sun
day. and found all admira bly, conduct
ed. But the scene was most distress
ing, the wounded screaming in their
agony and feverishly tearing the bed
ding in their delirium.
'In Saturdays hill fighting the
Turks had the advantage. They were
judiciously ambushed behind the
rocks and from their sheltered posi-
tions maintained an incessant fire.
Sundays fighting at Molouna's
Pass took place around three outlying
blockhouses, which were captured,
then retaken, captured again and
again retaken. The Greek positions
suffered severely from the splendid
shrapnel practice OF the Turkish bat
teries at a range of $500 meters. COL
umns of smoke could be seen rising
in every direction from the Greek posi-
tions, caused by the Turkish shell fire.
est courage, but were not able to
stand against the slow but steady ad-
vance of the Turks.
''As evening came on three of the
Greek outworks surrendered and
asked the Turks to cease the shell fire.
The latter now hold the advanced line
except at one spot.
THE principal fighting done by the
Turkish infantry was at Skumba and
Dumenie, to the right OF the pass"
PARIS, April 19-The Temps calls
upon the powers to intervene by force
OF arms to stop Turkey and Greece
from further fighting.
ATHENS, April 19-All the forts ex-
cept one, which is the strongest, have
been destroyed at Pfevesa by the bonn
bardment of the Greek feet.
Holman Improving.
y WASHINGTON, April l9.-The condi.
ton of Representative Holman, OF In
diana, Sunday night, shows some i'm
provement. His physician believes
the alarming features of the case have