The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-07
GREEKS FALL BACK.
TURKS WITHIN TEN MILES
OF LARlSSA.
The Town of Tyrnnvo Being Bombardcd
is Prince Constantine Preparin. for
a Decisive Manifestations Error Made
by IA GrCcian General.

LONDON, April 21.-There was the
usual conflict in reports TODAY from
She 1reco-Tnrkish frontier, but there
IS little doubt that a decisive battle
may be expected between the main
armies in Il very short time-possiblv
tomorrow.
n Turks in great force recaptured
he position at Reveni, near Tyrnavo,
only ten miles from Larissa. the Greek
a~eaoquartcrS, and then advanced YES
teruay afternoon on Tvrnavo,to which
'1ace the Greek forces had fallen back.
II bombar0ment Of hat place was
begun last night.
line Greeks are reported 10 have re-
tired from all the hills between Tvr-
navo and the Macedonian frontier.
making but feeble resistance, but
whether this was due to ~discourare-
ment or was in furtherance of a plan
OF Crown Prince Constantine to con-
centrate his forces about Larissa for a.
decisive battle cannot be determined.
1t is the general belief that the latter
IS the probable explanations.
The king Of Greece is preparing to
start at once for the front, and this is
Ield to mean that there will soon be
some decidedly stirring news from the
frontier.
Blunder of a Greek General.
frlnce Constantine has returned to
Larlssa from G~ritzovali, where he
witnessed some severe fighting. A
I'reek reverse at that place was due
tc the fact that General Mastrophas.
VINO IS IN command Of the Greek artil.
lery, misunderstood Prince Constant.
tines orders and ordered a retreat of
the Greek forces. The Turks there
upon advanced and soon occunied
drltzovali, pursuing the retreatinp
Greeks, killing a few and wounain1
@oo. General Masterpieces brigade la
ter rallied and made a stand. In The
meantime Prince Constantine hurried
relntOrcemehts forward to the assist
ance of General Mastrophas, and Gen.
eral smolenitz, formerly Greek minis
ter OF war, succeeded in forcing the
enemy back. Prince Constantine se-
verely censured General Mastrophas for
his blunder.
Latest Reports From Athens.
1t was reported at Athens this morn
ing that a Greek force which was 4,.,-
ing to bridge the river at Arachtbos
on the frontier of Epirus, had been
driven off by the Turks, and it was
further stated that the Turks had adj
Tanced upon Arta and had been bom-
harding that place since 5 o'clock YES
terday evening and sharp fighting
between the Greeks and the Turks
was proceeding on the frontier Of
The bombardment of Prevesa, the
position at the entrance of the
Gulf of Aria. was resumed at 9 o'cloc.
this morning by the Greek forces on
land and sea. 1t is reported that the
town will be reduced to asnes in the
of a few days. The Greek |
squadron has left the Piraeus under
sealed orders. Several merchantmen
lave been hastily armed and detach.
ments of Greek troops have been hur-
ried on board Of them.
A Turkish torpedo boat has sunk the |
Greek steamer Athens in the Gulf o4
oalonica. On board were insurgents
md members of various secret socie-
ties. A general panic prevails there.
the vessels are prohibited from
the gulf. The Turks have
seized the Greek steamer Kophaleion.
Twenty Thousand Men Lost.
According TO a dispatch from Athens
the losses of the Greeks and
in the fighting which has taken
place in the Milouna pass total up 90
100 men. The dispatch adds that the
Crown Prince Constantine assumed
command Of the Greek forces
which will fight the Turks to-day.