The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-05-07
PHARSAL0S EVACUATED.
Turks Take Possession Of the Vii
lage Without Opposition.
THE POWERS WILL INTERVENE.

Thb PUW hhS WILL lNIhh BIN b,
Greece and Turkey WIN be Notified
TO Cease Hostllities While the Big
Governments settle Their Quarrel.
Greeks Overwhelmed by Numbers.
London, May - The latest dis
patches from the seat of war in Greece
show that Pharsaios has fallen into
the hands of the Turks The story is
told in a dispatch sent yesterday by
Edhem Pasha to the ministry of war
at Constantinople, as follows: "The i'm
peral army, while marching to Phar-
salos, met the enemy in the villages Of
Soubathi, Souledji, Turcomanli and
Lamia. After severe engagement
lasting Is hours, we dislodged them
from their positions and advanced to
Pharsalos, which the imperial army
has just victoriously occupied"
A dispatch from Pharsalos thus de-
scribes the battle there which began
| Wednesday:
/ A Turkish corps first appeared on
4 the summit of Mount Tekke Wednes-
/ day morning. From a formidably in
/ trenched position on the hillside it at
tackled the Fourth regiment of ev-
zones about midday. The latter made
a strong resistance, but were finally
compelled to fall slowly back
The Turks then cannonaded and de
stroyed the village of Ordskoni which
/ is about two hours march north Of
i Pharsalos. The crown prince having
! ordered the entire army to draw up
, in line of battle the Greeks advanced
D a., In
( 10000, Immediately descended the
slopes of Mount Tekke and planted
/ batteries, which began to lombard the
! Greek regiments. owing to superior
/ ity of weight the Turkish cannon in
| hicted heavy losses upon the Greeks,
/ especially near the station.
The Turks continued to advance un-
4 til they came into close quarters, and
then the crown prince decided to re-
| tire to more commanding positions.
All the ammunition and supplies
/ have been transferred to Domokos, or
the heights of which the Greek batteries
/ are prepared for action. The Turks
| have burned the village Of Tatari, and
/ have massacred a priest and an en-
/ tire family in the village of Dloskani,
The Daily Mails correspondent with
| the Turkish forces at Pharsalos tele-
! graphing yesterday morning, says:
wednesdays battle was most sub
/ lime as a spectacle, and the most de-
cisive of the entire war 1t was not
intended at the beginning that the fight
should be a regular pitched engage
/ ment, but on the arrival of Edhem
! Pasha at the outposts a furious firing
began.
! Between us and the village of Phar-
salos ran the small stream known to
the ancients as the Raipeus, crossed
by bridge at the railway. Between
the stream and the village were the
Greeks in an excellent position, well
defended by earthworks. Their ad-
vance line consisted of two brigades,
and their reserve of two half brigades,
altogether about 10000 men. AS against
these were $4,000 Turks.
The artillery began the engagement
the Greek practice being much better
than usual, but after about two hours
they began to retire across the river.
This was a great mistake, as they
were thus inclosed between the river
and the mountains, with no room to
deploy. The sight was superb. In
many cases the Greeks fought with
the courage of despair, The great
black masses, forming the rear guard
to hold the bridge, covered the whole
rich green plain. The endurance and
dash OF the Turks were magnificent
too / reached the battlefield with a
regiment whose men Immediately be-
gan to run forward, dancing under
fire, and shouting like children when
they saw the enemy The Greeks re-
pulsed them vigorously, and followed
up the repulse.
"The Turks had formed in a semi
circle of laundering batteries and
cracking battalions. The division on
the extreme right tried to cut off the
retreat to Domol1os, while the remain
der Of the force flung itself upon Phar-
salos.
"The battle was but little like the bat
ties described in books There was no
firing Of volleys, no bayonet assault, no
cheering, but only a steady, leisurely
advance into the open in perfect order
There was some individual firing, and
the soldiers shouted Allah, Allah till
the constant repetition sweled into
one heavy monotonous shout like the
hear, hear of the house of commons.
I saw some men suddenly fling up their
hands and fall face downward, but the
Greek fire in the main was ineffective,
Before 5 o'clock thee last village
north Of the river had been taken. Then
the village of Vasili and the entrench-
ments near the river were stormed
with considerable loss to the Turks,
and the battle ceased at nightfall, the
thanking division having established it.
self behind the Greeks and cut off the
best line of retreat to Athens"
Austria and Germany have Joined
the other powers in proposing media
tion between Greece and Turkey
General Smolensh is retreating slowly
and in orderly fashion to Almyro and
Yolo has been almost completely
evacuated.
The forces under Prince Constantin
reached Domokos unmolested, and
were not attacked yesterday. 1t ap-
pears that the great massing of Turk
ish troops and their movements led to
a suspicion that an attempt was being
projected to surround Pharsalos, A
council Of war was held in the Greek
camp, and it was decided to retire to
Domokos, which was reached yester-
day at dawn.
The Greeks promptly occupied strong
DosItiOns on the mountain range over