Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-20
TURKS OUTGENERALED.
Edham Pashn's Plan to Capture Lari
Frustrated.

Edham Pasha's Plan to Capture Larfs-
sa Frustrated.
General Smolenitz is in command Of a.
900 Greeks at Reveni. not far from Tyrna-
| vos, northwest of Larissa, Thessaly. AT
this point Edhem Pasha, closely pressed
| was nearly taken prisoner His plan was
to force the pass of Reveni, to enter the
plain of Larissa, to cut off the retreat of
The Greek army with his cavalry and thus
to take Larissa without resistance. But
this plan was defeated, General Demo-
pouos, at the head of one Greek division,
| forced the Turkish line at Boughazi, close
to Tyrnavo and General Mavromochale
broke through at Koniskos. The two gen.
erals united their troops near Damasi.
The news of this success at Reveni and
of the immirent fall of Prevesa has
changed the dismay caused at Athens by
the loss of Milouna into the widest re-
joicing. The latest advices are
that the Greek troops are advancing to
reoccupy their position at Mi!ouna and al
Grithovali, the latter of which. il is al
legged, was abandoned owing to a misunder-
standing by the general in command who
interpreted as an order of retreat what
was really intended as an order to al
vance.
Captain Tagarde, who was wounded at
Gritzovali, shot himself in order to avoid
falling into the hands of the Turks. the
Greeks report that the Turks lost 7,ooo
killed and wounded at Reveni. but this
estimate is probably excessive. The Greek
engineers constructed bridge at Pachys-
kalos to enable their troops to cross the
river 1t is stated that the Turkish forces
attacking Reveni numbered more than TO-
coo men.
The Turkish forces continue TO hold the
Miouna Pass, though 1t is reported that
the Greeks are advancing or making ready
to advance to reoccupy the positions from
which they We're dislodged Sunday. The
hi
fed, and it would take powerful body of
Greek troops to recapture them. EGiiem
Pasha has entrenched himself on all the
heights from Papalyvada to Meckcho and
strong bodies of troops are stationed in
the defiles between these two points. The
inhabitants of Elassona have left the town
en- maSse, ard are pushing northward
many of them going to Salonica. Evil
IDENTIFY they fear that the Greeks will de-
feat the Turks and actually reach that
place. Edhem Pasha, the Turkish COM
mander-in-chief, is a marvel of energy and
caution. He attends more assiduously TO
his duties than any member of his staff;
receives reports while on horseback, and
attends to trif1ing details with as much
care as to important movements. His man.
ner is grave and imperturbable, and it is
curious to note how implicitly he is relied
upon by his troops.
As details come in it become more and
more apparent that the fighting in Milouna
Pass on the Grecian frontier was of the
most stubborn and savage character The
Turks fought like devils and the Greeks
resisted in the spirit of their ancestors.
The most inexpicabe fact in connection
with the whole engagement is the compar-
alive small number killed. All The special
correspondents agree TO this. The Turks
appear to have fired as wildly with their
rifles at Milouna Pass as they did at Arta
where the fighting consisted of an artillery
duel between the rival batteries on each
side of the river, lasting about four hours
in the afternoon. There they fired only
one out of 1--WE shots with any effect, and
their batteries were soon silenced by the
Greeks, whose craftsmanship was very
much superior. The Turkish losses at Arta
are believed TO have been very heavy On
the Greek side there was not a man killed.