Warren sheaf., 1897-05-06
A GREEK VICTORY.
Turks Defeated with Heavy Loss at
VelestlnO. M $* T."

Velest1no. #
Athens, May IA telegram just re-
ceived here says a great battle has been
fought at Velestino between a Turkish
force Of 5000 and Gen. Smolenski's bri-
gade. The dispatch states that the
Turks were repulsed with enormous
losses. NJ. .5 5* "a II
The Turks attacked Velestino juno
ton Tuesday night with four, squad
rons of cavalry and a battery of horse
artillery. The large force Of Greeks
there easily beat the Turks of, but not
before they had displaced half dozen
rails and cut the telegraph wires. The
latter were repaired, and on Wednesday
the train service was resumed. Fight
ing was renewed Wednesday night, but
without special results. Thursday night
the Turks assembled in great force in
the direction of Velestino, and, as it was
suspected that they were also between
this point and Trikhala, a general at
tack was believed to be imminent. Fight
ing, however. occurred only in the Vi
cinity offVelestino. 24r5& - 2 +
The Turks made an attack before
dawn, but were successfully repulsed.
Three times in the course of the morn
ing was the attack repeated, each time
from different direction, and each
time the result was repulse. Appar-
emily it was intended that the attacks
should be simultaneous, but this plan
failed, owing to the lack of proper or
ganization. The Turks, however, pushed
the attack with the utmost determina-
ton for six hours, and only abandoned
the attempt to seize the junction about
noon. ~...
Royal Family Threatened.
London, May 1.-The Standards cor
respondent at Athens says: AS Crown
Princess Sophia was returning from a
visit to the ambulance hospital, she
was hissed and jeered by the crowd,
which forced her to return to the hos
pital. The royal carriage was then
summoned and the princess drove to
the palace at the top of the speed of
the horses. The royal arms have been
stripped from the carriage in order
that the. occupants may drive about
unrecognized, and thus avoid similar
experiences AS another Indication of
popular feeling, I may point out that
many of the tradesmen who have been
wont to display the royal escutcheon in
front of their shops have removed it.
While O priest was Offering prayers for
King George and the royal family in
one of the great churches Friday he was
interrupted by protests from the con-
gregation. The ringleader was arrest
ed, but the disorder was so great that
many women tainted in terror.
Turkish Victories Reported.
Athens, May 1.-The report of the re-
treat in Epirus is confirmed. The
Greeks are abandoning all positions they
had occupied except salagora. Phil
lipiada is among the places evacuated.
Constantinople, May The porte
announces that the heights command
ing Nechesta and Craven-Seria, beyond
Pentepigadia, Epirus, have been occu-
pied by the Turkish troops.
Constantinople, May l. The Turkish
government has issued the following
announcement: Edhem Pasha tele-
graphs that the first division occupied
Trikhala ON w Wednesday. Two hundred
convicts were released and armed on
the previous day and 10000 rifles were
distributed among the Inhabitants by
the Greeks, who also permitted the pill
lage Of arms and ammunition. The
Turkish commander ordered the arms
to be restored under severe penalties.