The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-23

Ccnstantsnople. April Gotham
Pasha has wired the sultan hat he
gained several notable victories yester-
day. occupying all the fortified positions
commanding Tyrnavo. He reports that
the Greeks evacuated their intrenched
camp, leaving behind thirty cases OF
cartridges and many rifles. The Turks.
he says. have retaken Velitzko. which
the Greeks surprised and captured on
the first day of frontier aggression.
The turkish commander at Janina
announces that the Greek fleet. which
has been bombarding Prevesa. have
been compelled to retire. one division
withdrawing to the interior OF the gulf
and the larger ironclads sailing for the
islands OF Paxo and Sancta Laura.
An official telegram from Zanthi as
serts that the Greeks who landed at
Eleutheropoli and reached Gojrat. nea
the railway. were attacked and defeat
ed by Turkish troops and peasants and
that 100 Greeks were killed.
Milouna Pass. April 20.-(Morning)-
Active preparations for a general adj
vance have been in progres since day
break. During the night the Greeks
established themselves on the last
height neal Tyrnavo. opposite the po-
sition which the urk captured last
evening. Nechat Pasha opened the at
tack upon this position this morning
with a brisk firing from behind the de-
lenses. The c~oInbatants have not yet
come into close quarters. The Greeks
brought up several pieces of artillery,
which We're speedily silenced.
The Greeks are now concentrated
neal Tyrnavo, whether in great
strength or not is not known here.
Greek reinforcements nave been seen
crossing the plain in the direction of
Tyrnavo. Three batteries of Turkish
artillery have arrived from Monastir.
Grunkoff Pasha is now with the Turk
ish troops.
Constantinople, April Ca second
Turkish squadron left the Golden Horn
this afternoon for the Dardanelles. 1t
consists of the ironclad Orhanien. the
monitor Hifsirahman, the corvette
MansOura, five torpedo boats and four
steamers which have been converted
into cruisers.
Prince Mavrocordato. the Greek min
lister to Turkey, has sailed for Athens.
All the ambassadors except the Ger
man ambassador went to the quay to
bid him farewell.
Athens, April 20.-An official dis
patch from Arta says that after cross
ing the Aracthosathani the Greeks oc-
cupied the villages of NeOkhori and
Sakhikalama, where they strongly en-
trenched themselves. Colonel Manos is
now advancing northward in the Gi-
rectiOn of Paraskevi. The Greeks re-
pulsed ar attempt of the Turks to
cross the bridge at 5 O'Clock thism morn
ing. A lumber of Greeks, among them
several officers, We're killed and others
were wounded.
6 p. Nall the members Of the gen
darmerie and other police forces mill
tarily organized are now going to the
frontier. The citizens have volunteered
to guard the town. The same condition
prevails in all other towns of Greece.
On all sides there is a firm determine
ton to meet the Turkish invasion, n
every man who can be spared and who
can bear arms is going to the front.
The Athenian ladies, under the patron
age of the queen. have converted the
steamer Thessaly into a floating hos
pltal. Three hundred beds for the
wounded have been fitted on board the
steamer and she is now proceeding to
VOlO.
Athens, April observation-disclosures
has reached here that the Greeks, after
a desperate battle, have captured and
burned Damasi. Vigilia is still resist
ing. Another division Of the Greek
troops, it is reported, has traversed the
Reveni pass and captured three block
houses. This division a almost
reached Damasi, where 1t will effect a
union with the force that captured the
town. The 20, 1000 troops under General
Smolenitz displayed the greatest
bravery.
Reveni lies twelve miles northwest OF
Larissa. Edham Pasha. with a force
variOusly estimated at from 10. 900 to
$4,000 troops, led seven assaults against
it yesterday, but all were repulsed by
the Greeks.
Crown Prince Constantine has tele-
graphed that the Turks at hat point
were completely and finally repulsed.
In Athens greater attention has been
paid to the operations in the neighbor-
hood of Reveni than to those at
Milouna pass. The theory all along
has been that If the Greeks could estab-
lish themselves at Damasi. their road
would lie open to Elassona- The exac
situation at Tyrnavo is somewhat in
doubt. The news from that point is
connecting; but there is no confirmation
OF the rumor that the place has beer
captured by the Turks. What seems to
have happened is that Tyrnavo was
~evacuated in order to send troops for
ward to Reveni and was then reoc-
cupied by troops from Milouna.
London, April pa telegram to The
Times from St. Petersburg saws tina,
Count Muravief. the Russian foreign
minister, has dispatched a circular note
to the powers. advising them to OBJ
serve an exDectant attitude. in case
either Turkey or Greece should reoues,
Intervention. The correspondent un-
derstands that all the powers have
agreed to continue to hold Crete with
the forces already there.
A dispatch to The Times from Cairo
says that the Turkish government ha
called upon the khediye to expel all the
Greeks from Egypt. AS the Greeks
number 80, 900 and are the chief pro
motors of m and trade, their re.
moval is desired by none save the I'D
turkish party. 1t is probable tina,
France will undertake to protect then
and thus the expulsion will be avoided
A dispatch to The Morning Post from
Constantinople says that the repor,
that the Greek volunteers have cut the
Salonica railway near kavala Is no,