The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1897-04-30
A RETREAT WAS ORDERED
GREEKS HOPE TO DEFEND PHAR-
SALIA WITH BETTER SUCCESS.
Turks Advanced From Two Sides I'm
der IL Calling Fire and the
Eout Began.

London, April 26.-The news has reached
lere that the Greeks abandoned hrltlfi
turing the night and fled in hurried dis
/ order. Edhem Pasha making his heau
quarters in Grec;an territory. The Turks
:aptured the villages of Upper and Lowe
Dolphin with a loss of 20 killed and lot
wounded. Three batteries were pushes.
I forward under the fire of the Greek
sharpshooters and started a we'll directed
ire upon the Greek position which was
covered by Il long slope thickly dottea
with houses and walls. But the Iurkish
skirmishers turned the Greek left ana,
ny advancing through the woodland, also
nenaced the Greek right. A wild dash
across open fields followed. The Turks
were exposed TO a fire which was heavy
IN the extreme, and had not the Greeks,
fearing that they would be o~utfianked, OIL
fered but little resistance, the loss would
nave been heavy. The Greeks speedily
took to their heels and fell back upon the
main body, which in turn did not long
wait for the Turkish onslaught. The
Turks encountered but little opposition
in scaling the heights of kritiri unde
the cover of a heavy fog.
The Greeks, though weary and without
food or water are said to have fought
like heroes. The reinforcements they eX-
pected to arrive and their ammunition
failing, they We're compelled to retire.
The plain of Thessaly presents a lurid
spectacle. Through a heavy cloud OF
smoke the flames of many burilg houses
are visible. These have been fired in Or
der to render certain military positions
more secure. The Turks are comfortably
installed in Greek tents on the plain.
One can hear a sustained firing from the
direction of Skompu.
General Macris, the commander-in-chief
of the Greek army in Thessaly. has re-
] stoned He will he succeeded DN General
Mavromichaelis
The Morning Posts correspondent at
Arta says thai the Greek fleet is bonn
harding N%icoopis, two hours sail from
Prevesa. He adds: Il deeply regret to
say tina Clement Harris, the English
volunteer and son of Admiral Harris,
was killed at Pentepigidia.
Ministry Ordered the Retreat.
Athens, April 26.-The news of the loss
Of Matt was received here during the
small hours of Saturday morning. The
premier and the minister of war We're i'm
mediately summoned to the palace, where
a council Of the ministry sat until after
daypreak. There was some difference of
opinion. but it vas finally decided, in
view of the exhaustion of the Greek
troops and the numerical superiority of
the Turks, to order a retreat to Phar-
salia.
This decision was a wise one, for the
defenses of Larissa are not strong, and
the open plain favors the operations OF
the Turkish cavalry. The Greek stand
will be made at Pharsalia, which may
again become the scene of a memorable
battle. The battle of Matt lasted all Fri
day, the Greeks defending their positions
with great intrepidity. Prince Constan-
tine and Prime Nicholas were both con-
~tinually under fire. and the latter greatly
distinguished himself. The Turks, strong
~ reinforced, succeeded in breaking the
Greek lines at 6 in the evening. The
Turkish cavalry delivered repeated mag
niticent charges. The fighting continued
into the night.
GIOorm at Athens.
Athens, April 26.-lt is useless to deny
that a very gloomy outlook of the war
prospects is taken here by the better in
formed. There are, however, no signs of
panic. The city exhibits an attitude of
digniied endurance, while many persons
sti!l show al unabated enthusiasm for
fight. This symptom is particularly no.
ticeable amoung the wounded now in
Athens. Their one desire seems to be
healed in order that they may rejoin their
colors. Naturally this spirit is much
fostered 10y the confirmation Of the re-
ports that. the Turks have burned the
Greek wounded in a church at kurtzivoli.
The Turks lighted fires under the bodies
of the wounded, who implored their COM
rades to kill them. Others committed
suicide. Although it is said that the
Greeks carried off all their gun from
Tyhnavo and Larissa, and also destroyed
provisions at both places, they could not
transport the gums at Pharsalia. 1t is re-
~luctantly believed by some in Athenian
circles that the retreat was somewhat
disorderly, and that some of the guns
We're abandoned with but feeble defense.
1t seems probable, however, that in the
main the retreat was in good order.
Naturally all sorts of reasons are adj
vanced to explain the Greek retreat, the
more candid admitting that the Turks
were too strong.