Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-22
GREEK SUCCESSES.
Turkish Government Acknowledges
Meeting Desperate Resistance
CHANCES IN CREEKS FAVOR.
Torpedo Mines Laid in the Bay at salOnica
-Edhem Pasha Telegraphs to the
Sultan the Victories Achieved
by the Turks.


the same conflict of reports from the
seat of the Greco-Turkish war as on
previous days, but the Greek prospects
appear considerably brighter, the
Turkish government, usually chary of
conceding anything, acknowledging
to-day that the Turks had met desper-
ate resistance at all points. Taking a
general survey of the field, the for
tunes of war thus far seems pretty
evenly divided, but the'chanoes for the
immediate future are decidedly in
favor of the Greeks. The Turks claim
to have carried Tyrnavo by storm yes
terday and to be within ten miles of
Larissa, but this is contradicted by the
Greeks. The Grecian warships are
preparing to attack Salonica, the base
of supplies of the Turkish armies and
great alarm prevails there.
The pass at Reveni, few miles
northwest of Tyrnavo, where there are
about 40, 900 Turks under the personal
direction of Edhem Pasha, has been
the scene of the fiercest fighting of the
war. This army of Moslems, singing
and chanting war songs, reaches from
Reveni to Boughese, and for the past
three days have unremittently en-
deavored to obtain free road to the
Thessalian plains. Twenty thousand
Greeks, under the direction Of Prince
Constantine, have steadily fought and
struggled to keep back the Mohamme-
dan stream and thus far have sue
ceeded,
On the Gulf of Arta the Greeks are
having things pretty much their own
way. The Turks at Arta attempted to
cross the river despite the fire of the
Greek artillery, This was magnificent
~ handled, however, and the MOslems
were moved down by the score, the
river being literally filed with the sui
tan's soldiers. Then the Turks retreat
ed. Col. Manos, in his invasion of this
part of Epirus, has been very success
full He has occupied several villages
with but slight resistance and has
hastily fortified them. There is hardly
any serious obstacle to his advance
northward into Albania and toward
Janina, where a great battle may be
fought. After retreating, the Turks
attempted to lombard Arta, using
nearly 100 pieces of artillery in the
operation. But it failed, their marks
manship being bad and the range too
great.
A special dispat ch from Salonica an
nounces that the port officials there
are vigilantly looking out for the
Greek feet, having been informed that
the war vessels of Greece have been or
dered to make an attempt to seize the
city, which is the base of Turkish sup
plies for the army operating against
the Greeks. The military authorities
of Salonica have laid $50 torpedo mines
in the bay, and further steps have
been taken to protect the narrow en-
trance of the harbor between Cape
Kara and the mainland of Macedonia.
No Walk-Over as Expected.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, April 81. The
Turkish authorities here admit that
the losses of the Ottoman troops since
the outbreak of the war with Greece
have been considerable. The Turkish
commanders expected a fairly easy
march to Larissa and did not anticipate
the stubborn defense and desperate
valor with which the Greeks have OPP
posed the invasion. Edhem Pasha has
telegraphed to the sultan that he
gained several notable victories Mon
day, occupying all the fortified posi-
tions commanding Tyrnavo. He re-
ported that the Greeks evacuated their
intrenched camps, leaving behind
30 cases of cartridges and many rifles.
The Turks, he said, had retaken Vel
itzko, which the Greeks surprised and
captured on the first day of frontier
aggression.
The Turkish commander at Janina
announced that the Greek feet which
had been bombarding Prevesa, had
been compelled to retire, one division
to the interior of the
gulf and the larger ironclads outside
sailing for the islands Of Paxo and
Sancta Laura. An official telegram
from Zanti asserted that the Greeks
who landed at Eleuthropolis and
reached Gojarat near the railway were
and defeated by Turkish |
troops and peasants, and that 100
Greeks were killed.