The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-07
PHARSAL0S EVACUATED.
TuT.s Take Possession Of the VII
lage Without Opposition.
THE POWERS WILL INTERVENE.


Greeks Overwhelmed by Numbers.
London. May 1.-THE latest dis
patches from the seat of war in Greece
show that Pharsalos 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: 1.-THE i'm
perial army while marching to Phar-
ealos, met the enemy in the villages of
S0ubathi, Souledji Turcomanli and
,Lamia. After a severe engagement,
Tasting Is hours, we dislodged them
from their positions and advanced to
Pharsalos. which the imperial army
has just VIGOROUSLY occupied"
A dispatch from Pharsalos thus de-
scribes the battle there which began
Wednesday,:
A Turkish corps first appeared on
the summit of Mount Tekke Wednes-
day morning. From a formldably 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
us about two hours'~iafafehS north Of
Pharsalss. The crown prince having
ordered the entire army to draw up
IN line OF battle. the Greeks advanced
about p. IN. The Turks, numbering
$4,000, Immediately descended the
slopes OF Mount Tekke and planted
batteries, which began to lombard the
6reek regiments Owing to superior
tty Of weight the Turkish cannon in
biicted heavy losses upon the Greeks,
Especially near the station.
The Turks continued to advance un-
I'll they came into close quarters, and
fhen the crown prince decided to re-
tire to more commanding positions.
All the ammunition and supplies
have been transferred to Domokos, on
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 Doskani.
The Daily Mails correspondent with
the Turkish forces at PharsalOs, tele-
graphing yesterday morning. says:
wednesdays battle was most sub
Hlfle aS SIettdCle, anu tuG IlOSl ue-
pisive Of the entire war 1t was not
intended at the beginning that the fight
should be regular pitched engage
ment, but on the arrival of Edhem
PRsha at the outposts furious firing
began.
Between us and the village of Phar-
galos ran the small stream known to
khe ancents as the Raipeus crossed
by a bridge at the railway. Between
the stream and the village were the
Ereeks in an excellent position, well
dsfended by earthworks. Their ad-
vance line consisted Of two brigades,
and their reserve Of two half brigades,
hltogether about 20, 900 men. AS against
these were $4,000 Turks.
'The artillery began the engagement,
ahe Greek practice being much better
than usual, but after about two hours
they began to retire across the river.
EhIs was great mistake. as they
mere tbs,s inclosed between the river
had the mountains. with no room TO
heploy. 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
i.eF1afISSep Turks were magnificent.
TOO. refrsned the battlefield with
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 i~pulse.
"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 Domokos, while tho remain
der of the force flung itself upon Phar-
salos.
1.-THE battle was but little like the bat
ties described in books. There was no
bring of volleys, no bayonet assault, no
cheering, but only steady, leisureIy
advance into the open in perfect order.
There was some individual firing. and
the soldiers shouted Allah, Allah TIL
the constant repetition sWelled into
one heavy monOtonous shout like the
hear hear of the house of commons.
saw some men suddenly fling up their
hands and fall face downward, but the
Greek fire in the main was Ineffective
BetOie q ClOCh lns ldol Nliiubt
north of the river had been taken. Then
tho village Of Vasili and the entrench-
ments near the river were storned
with considerable loss to the Turks,
and the battle ceased at nghtfall, the
f1anking 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 s.nolsnaki Is retreatng slowly
and in orderly fashion to Almyro and
Nolo has bsHn almost completely
evacuated,
The for, IS under Prince Constantin
reached Dcmokos unmolested and
were not attacked yesterday. 1t ap-
pears that the great massing OF Turk
Ish troops and their movements led to
h suspicion that an attempt was being
protected to surround Pharsalos A
council Of war was held In the Creek
camp, and 1t wss decided to retire to
Domokos, which was reached yester-
day at dawn
The Greeks promptly occupied strong
positions on the mountain range over
looking Domskea
During Wednesday night the, Turks
continued TO execute movements with
q view Of outiianking Pharsnlos. and
only discovered at daybreak seJtarday
that the Greek army had retired.
dispatch to Tho Daily Mail from
Berlin says 1t Is reported that the pow
ars have decided to lend troops at
Athens to protect the dynasty. Grcsca
having declined the preferred media
tion and Turkey being willing to nego-
tiate on easy torms II Crste is evacuat-
ed by the CREEKS.
The Greeks retreat began at o'clock
yesterday morning, and the occupation
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