The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-05-13

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respondent; "i ih- Dad, N.u ..,s
"T-b 'L"usAud Tub. st'Afk.a So
Greek p"s,'l"n Ni N.l.silno. Ii.
Ore c.sssd a . o'el. "a the aft.fu..u
and Il 10 -,id-n; th.i ih. .f-.ks
have met ~lih great saoo..s
There tAs t--n great sisugE,-r
~ Ph.rssl"s. ~hrf- the hattie q.
proosSd,nr. cro-n Prpo. rsn..u-
tine t.l~grAphs =. 60 ts~ ~ng.grm.
At S-l-s'in". With . .d's h.iY COZ
aide h.. cot qaered
The Athens corr-.pond.n; Of 50.
Times ssy' Simultaneously ~tih
the attack At N-itstino. a.. Turb.
attacked the Greek ouipos,s az
TAtAr. rear Phsrr,lo. IL - .Aia
that both attacks hsV. b.su r.puls.d
by III. Greeks ten smol.nski ss,s
The brigade a; N.l.siino 0. de-
luged si,h blood"
MAY. GA dispatch Go tho Daiy
News from N-lestino dated w-dpes
day. say: Tho Tatk. io day we're
repuls.d after hv- hour, Ashtapr.
with heavy loss. simultaneously
Edhem PAshA's main force engaged
the Greek ouspos's q, rhsr,Aios. and
the fighting lasted from > p N. un-
al halfpss; .. IN, both armies re-
tanning their original positions
The Athens correspondent oi the
Standard. under date of Wednesday.
says. There 10 gres, rejoicing over
the receipt of the Official telegram
from Phsrsslos saying tha, the Turk.
have been repulsed and ths, the
Greeks hold their positions after q
three hours' battle. The dispatch
says that Crown Prince Constanfaue
and Prince Nicholas fought courage
ously In the front rank. risking their
lives q hundred times. and that they
had an ovation from the whole army
when the fighting was over.
MAY G.-The Athens correspond
ent to the Daily Telegraph, under
date of Wednesday saw:
Following is the official dispatch
from Me-. PAllis, chief of siAa of
the Greek forces IN Thrsssly. q.
scribing the fight At Pbarsnlofs
The respective loss~r ar. yet un-
known. The Crown Prince took a
very active part in the combat. and
advanced within ran ge of the Turkish
fire, greatly Inspiring ih. men
4
At the right wing, and directed the
IRE OF his battery against the Turk
ish batteries. His coolpess greatly
encouraged the troops.
I'VE maintain all our portions an
tact, and the engagement will Ger
tainly be continued 80 morrov
Thursday We calculate thai
about Is 900 Turks attacked our
right wing. They rushed down abe
hill slopes IN vast nurIbers Tn.
enemy was our superior IN both AZ
tillery and cavalry. the caliber o'
their gnns was larger. while th~i,
number WAS almost double ours. W..
had no cavalry, because our onl,
squadron has been used for scouting
and had gone TO Trikkala'"
FORTY THOUSAND TURKS WIRE i'E
TEATED.
10, poS. May The correspond
! ent OF the Daily Telegraph At volo
) under date OF Wednesday, say,
The biggest battle Of The war be
, gan near Nelestipo this morning
3 AZ . result Of IL the Turkish force o.
40 900 men has been repulsso. Tn
J Turkish plan WAS 10 seizs the bill
, on tn. north dividing PhnrkAlo
from Eelestino."
! PHARsALos. May 5.-Th. cores
, pondept of the Associated Press ssy
E that the Greek line VAS attacked "a
8 day by q Turkish force OF -. 900 IN
z faniry. IN addition 10 artillery AZ,
a cavalry. Col. Makris comma ande
: the Greek left wing and Col. May
. romichalis the right wing. Bpth 70
o pulse the Turks With great slAugh
y ter. The railway station Was de
y stroyed by the Turkish shells. Ap
2 railway communication between thi
II point and Nolo 10 interrupted. Prep
aratiops are being made with th
utmost activity for the battle vhic
seems inevitable to morrow Thur
e day
O. SALosIcA, May j.-It is officInll
J. announced tnat eight Turkish VA
q ships have left the Dardsneli
,. and. after proceeding TO the C.ssaI
|s dra Peninsula, sailed for the I.lsn
is L-mnos.
"a LAKIssA. May ) Six divisions q
=, Turk troops have marched 70
y ward to PnarsAl,s, and IL IL undeI
:. stood here tha. the Porte has give
,e Einem PsshA a free hapd.
es LARrssA, May Ga dispAte
ID from Pbarsslos. d..sd IL g. m, q
,e day, describes the battle there whie
Df began yesterday: "a Turkish corr
ly first appeared on the summit Z
II Mount Tekke yesterday morninl
From a fornidaoly intrenched pos
IN tion on the hillside they attacks
4. the Fourth Regiment OF EszDn.
n about noon. The latter made
y strong resistance. but were fnal
be compelled to go slowly back.
is HEAVY LOSS IsFLIcTID Ey cASyol
,L "The Turks then caunonaded sr
~ destroyed the village OF Ordskor
- which is about two hours mare
north Of Pharsslos. The Crov
Prince having ordered the enti
army to draw up in line Of bAttl
the Greeks advanced about = p. .
The Turks, numbering 80, 900, imm
y. diately descended the slopes
Mount Tekke and planted bstteris
- which began to bombard the Gre
- regiments. Osipg TO superiority
:. weight, the Tarkish cannon in6iet
=. heavy losses upon the Greeks, al
=. especially near the station.
1.-THE Turks continued 70 advan
until they came into cIoss qosrte
m, and then the Crown Prince deeid
i'm 10 retire to more commanding po
tions, All the aumunition and d