Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-21

Numbers.
London, April 2O.-In describing the
battle of Milouna Pass, the correspond
ent Of the Daily Mail, under date OF
8 p. m, April IS, says:
The morning broke delightfully."- fine,
the sky cloudless and the sun sending
down perhaps too gentle heat. AT
the base of the opposing hills stretched
away into the far distance were two
long lines of smoke, showing where the
fight was in~progress. The wind was
not strong enough to scatter this
smoke, which, from where | stood at
the head of the Pass, seemed every mo-
ment to grow denser and heavier. The
din Of the firing was almost deafening.
The fight became intensified as the day
grew. and the clearer light enabled the
antagonistic positions to be more clear
ly discerned.
Very early in the morning the Greeks.
with splendid bravery. charged the
Turks and took possession of the hill
tops stretching below the peaks, and
the Turks, recovering from their mo-
mentary check and cheered on by their
officers, who led their men magnif
Gently. charged the Greeks with the cold
steel. An awful scene of bloodshed and
carnage ensued. Through glasses could
be seen struggling masses Of men, the
CLINT of steel as the bayOnets swept
through the air, the flash Of revolvers
and the raised butt ends Of rifles doing
their dreadful clubbing work. The
struggle was brief though appalling
deadly. The Greeks fighting to the
last, were swept back by the impetuous
onslaught of the Turks, and the hill
tops were again in possession Of the in
yader.
Toward a. m. Marshal Edhem
Pasha advanced toward the fighting
line with five battalions of the reserve.
A strong force Of cavalry covered the
fanks Of the infantry, who marched
over the yellow fields with shouts of
enthusiasm. Edhem Pasha took up his
post face to face with the line of hills
to the left of Milouna. which was where
the Greeks were in strongest force.
The arid slopes of the hills were whit
ened with puffs Of smoke as the duel
proceeded. About o'clock, when the
day seemed to have lasted a whole week,
the Turkish field artillery came into ac-
ton. under command of Ruiz Pasha.
Owing to the difficult nature of the
ground, Ruiz could not approach the
hills. which the Greeks were holding
nearer than two miles and half, but
at the great range shells were dropped
with the incest precision into places
where the Greeks were the strongest.
For the time being all interest was con-
centrated upon the work of Ruiz Pashas
guns AS shell after shell shrieked its
way through the air to the hills three
miles off the effect Of the shelling was
evident
The Greek rife fire diminished and as
evidence of the tremendous destruction
and Generalization wrought by the
shells at many places the Greek posi-
tion there was an absolute cessation Of
firing. After shell or two had dropped
the shells had either killed the Greeks
or driven them away. At $3.50 o'clock
the principal positions on the Greek side
had been either taken by storm or eyac-
uated.
One important hilltop alone remained
in possession of the Greeks. At
o'clock Edhem Pasha had practically
taken the pass after heavy firing, which
toward the end however, slackehed III
intensity on the Greek side
The Turkish army did tremendous exc
cution during the later stages OF the pat
tie. firing with marvellous precision and
the most deadly effect. The Greeks per-
sistently and with splendid courage at
tackled three Turkish block houses around
which the battle centered. but were on
each occasion repulsed The Turkish rifle
fire was very deadly. AT length the Greeks
desisted from their attack on the plocN
houses and fell back sullenly Into their
entrenched positions. There they prac-
ticallv recommended the fight. pouring
hail of bullets upon the Turkish positions.
However. this renewal Of the battle dld
not last very long and by degrees the fusii-
lade from both sides diminished.
The Turkish troops were half dead with
fatigue. having neither eaten nor slept TOT
q hours. The losses on both sides are un-
known but the Turkish losses are not
very heavy. considering the long and stun
born battle that has been fought. Ine
losses of the Greeks must be very severe.
Kenan Bey. an officer who fought IN the
engaeement at Karya. states that the de-
feated Greeks lost about 600 killed, while
he puts the Turkish loss at 200
Reinforcements of infantry. artillery ana
cavalry have reached here from Elassona.
The fighting is extending to the whole
length of the frontier.
At o'clock this morning the Greek
block houses and earthworks were taKeu
by the Turkish troops at the point oi 1'e
bayonet after a long and desperate manu-
to-hand conflict. The Turkish are 10"
bivouacked IN a position eminenuy la'oi
able for an advance on Larissa.