New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23
THE TAKING OF LARlSSA.
A CORRESPONDENT ON THE TURKISH
SIDE DESCRIBES THE GREEN
COLLAPSE.

SIDE DESCRiBES me SANiA~
COLLAPSE.
RANK cowARp1cE ALLEGED TO BE THE CAUSE
A FINE VIEW OF WHAT SHOULD HAVE
nEEN BATTLE BUT WAS NOT.
c,rrssnondence Of The London Mail.
Saturday morning the Greeks gone ou''u"'
morning Larissa taken! ~ oor,,,o,o en- mex
The collapse was as: 20 Ss svo nobody in the army
q@y' Eddy evening we were in position to fight
great battle for Thessaly 800 noc,,ca,lv
To-day, Tuesday evening: , We 6aIf Dozen men
its masters and We have not los' nan o0"''' ''N
How the world did IT all Gene ao9 9or there was
no lighting TO speak Of II can Marcy Sns engaged n
raSn tina, over m w pet n9y sure ha,
killed of both sides Is well under tho,uicenca nj
G@s ThS %so ca mGR GeCed that posbs
hold They had rssGve Care 20 and foried them
nddsriously There IS only on, Gne SW ~owardce
aS nnwardice The Greeks had wished TO hold ~
and they were not fought out oil H. lheE 'o' ''''
aHr The Collapse began on Friday That day the d pG
s9n exactly what had M oGen az on the sec
ond evening Of the on Easter sunoa Sv ron
the Turks dI wSn the the aTsS 81 FROM Of
The V-shaped plain below Inc elt OF OuI ~ he
hs above o enc its right the plain RIO 20
held the hills on me o ia s,ee Of Deer
creek rsgragenT group Of stone and mud cottages
omnsy I 1%S across the plain little round
Hill and thence on again to mountain
Ae9ys ,, hrg1sp the Turks cali 1.-THE highest
point Of the frontier range Amos Stony revne de.
Tended by guns and tier on tier Of escarpaehha nt
stone wall Between the armies ay hSld io W. where
eveTy shell M and bullet foot ,bC Ske %o6 %p
t,nud iSo ~ you saw from the Col of Meuna NO
troops could the brown without snom wj,bout
ssowiig black lines for infantry black and hroWh
and white lines fer Erogcd around them for
guns You could every move on a cheSsV ;Son
sah hSn men or peca sfS and the fate nations
for the stake.
NO BATTLE TO SEE.
the finest place to see no battle sa,e TO on Sec eO
'Sg Course We haG but
the Greeks had the odds OF Position on the
other side tell more about % tsat two d n
front dysI ana ana another expected from Karya on
the left Altogether well over Gooo men aga,nI!
esg by Thy poson Of Krtirior had tried in yan
three days TO take II and thought they w we had not
s1rived u The Greeks might have fought.
fear COD Sut nS SSy eS Say e or TWO before
But events that they also feared b the left W
View to facilitating the juncture with Ham IHn
Pacha when he came up Hs is attack
made at Karya But when he came the na Grf Sea
would be outfdnked OF their leit; niIeS N and
R,ir and letting In oh ohe ,6er rg flank also
On Friday therefore. Edhem Pacha cirec'eu an az
TACK h on With the artillery and with the artillery
as il turned out it practically ended IL pegdnb III
the centre with smart can The TTksh shrapne
burst in little white balloons the height OF Nes sn
COLUMN aS0f Sst tag raised six separate whirs of
earthly cloud in the plough between tnr never
But presently the Turks began to drop snelS ad
into the little black swarmng ai M haneing away
now short nov over, impartialy, TIE "hoe di'e'
n%eanwhe the main attack dsyeiopin,g two
miles to the left Here also the Turkish 6gS Srde eg
was pns'bh af IN sP me perhaps mile across lies
Before the Village of Deler at It's right nanG ,Sp
S Souse o rs 9S little Knoll may convent it may
be private h S g but the SHS Slopes down
trees tc little minare this point was Inc Simse
Of the dGien S always When his darling are in
action moved three 9attefes neaT ,h e fire Of the
Greek skrmher and pggse6 a14rG meanwhe
plump on TO the knoll ~, nebt Covered by trees
the black dots stroed leisurely forward rH ta
pieces on board worked automaticay by sGme
great player behind They esta5hslheu r',ng bue
smoke 1 showed they making good use OF 1nd
The IT rk knew and sed
guns They miserably as ever ana K@1
no notice. They advanced nan the pa''e's
still: Ria still took no notice
THE MOMENT FOR THE MAIN ATTACH
And now was come the moment for the ma oa az,
tack-infantry across the great man body black
Jumps Of supports began TO dappie Ine The
Slowly slowly they mo ,e began TO be so full
tbaf the men seemed TO be standing sun anu III, i
field to 9e drSMi roll Of musical box through the
black teeth Now they We're ne ar the very edge:
now they were and scampering up 'h h, AMI
The fight was over, too some NIUE pidU nuffs Of
1risr Of blue smoke, some puHS Va
s ,rsahi sSethst was the that LaTs ons
For next morning me Greeh hstteTjes gone from
the little round hill gone from TurnaV coI not be
imprsgnnaxpIIe Next afternoon they were gone
from Larissa also. AT Il that hlgh d f Su them
empty The town garrisoned by releafed p ys
pockets and wfe-bea the creek Ht cavalry APP
ished. At daybreak two squadTOns or,iiieTy The
preached with one battery OF morse Sc al nnd q voey
Pn the carbines Of one squadron slenced lnSiI
The other squadron ADVANCED oyer nun nI iron
brSse over the saambrahere fast and deep, aie
as broad as the Thames az OXoru r IA shed
W ere he rest you know. Town and forhGa
lions guns and ammunition Sscs and Ief, it all
1g g,be GTeebs have yet lost thousand kilIeG IN
this w 1S1So %sF u lhe their If
the Greeks have some deep-l1 sGGnnnnrn-fhe better
tSen nobody here to have the Least comes npes
hension Of the strategicai sltuauH; Coward
ice-rank cowarce and do not see SeSt are 10
military consequences OF me nave retreated 10
Spbarsaia ard might defend the old fronuet aip si
the line OF Mouni they lose the force at Trik-
hala their railway and their nePobb honor brave
IN nav swsegcr; an unwarke race may pacray
confess 10 cowardice. But for race Of wa nlace
and towards at the same tr'e '''''' "
in Thessaly at all events
THE VERISCOPE SHOWS THE f1dhI'
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