The San Francisco call., 1897-04-01
BRArEKr OF rHr oRrrAss.

Faced a Terrific Bombardn.ent Frons
| the Har.hips.
LONDON, Eng, March 31.-The Canea
correspondent of the Standard describes
the fighting arourd the fort at Izzedin.
| The garrison cossisted of 300 Turks who
| had twelve Frupp guns and two Norden-
feldt gun The guns. however, were
| trained Seaward and were useless to renal
an q Sack from the land side of the fort
rsz black hfsrna a,.es-s-.
/ 20 more troops with two Knapp and two
Eordenfeldt guns. Beyond this position
There was strong stone wall where the
insurgents were massed under the Greek
side.
1t Is impossible to say which side began
the fighting. but the engagement was in
full swing at o'clock in the morning.
The Turkish soldiers in the blockhouse
took but small part in the fighting, but
a Turkish frigate sbelled freely, though
with small success.
An hour later the foreign warshlps were
Groslastichy opened fire. She was fol-
lowed by the British warship Ardent and
the Austrian warship Tiger. Each fired
in turn, aiming chiefly at the Greek vil-
lage The fire from the Russian warship
finally demolished the whole wall, every
shot from her taking effect.
Despite this the Greeks held their posi-
tions and finally succeeded in driving
back the Turkish outposts, although they
were compelled to desert their principal
position behind the stone wall.
The British ship Camperdown opened
fire upon the insurgents, who were then
compelled to withdraw. The Camper
down was at the range of $500 yards. She
opened with her thirtesn-inch guns. The
effect was instantaneous. Three OF four
percussion shells burst right in the midst
of the insurgents, causing them to run for
shelter in all directions. The gun prac-
tice of the Camperdown was perfect, while
the noise of the enormous shells hurtling
through the still air was enough to frighten
the enemy.
Things were now too hot to last, and the
flag was speedily lowered and the insur-
gents hastily retreated, while the Russian
and Austrian warships fired with extreme
accuracy a succession of shrapneI. The
last shell was fired at quarter past 10.
The Russian and Austrian warships then
steamed away on blockade service and the
| Ardent returned to Suda.
| The Turks quickly sailed forth and
established themselves in the insurgent
positions amid demonstrations OF delight.
| They advanced across the open space with
great coolness under continuous fire
| from the Cretan sharpshooters, who stood
their ground until the last moment. They
| never budged until further resistance was
out of the question.
| At 1880 the Turks were still pouring
roaring rifle fire into the retreating masses
of insurgents. The latter replied with
great spirit. Their grand defense excited
| the admiration of all witnesses.
1t is evident that they were not discour-
aged by the odds against them, for they
sent letter stating that they intended to
attack the fort at Butsunaria. In the
evening of that day the fort was occupied
by European troops.
After the events of the morning the ad.
mirals decided that it was not necessary
to place mixed garrison at Izzadin.
A rough estimate places the number of
shells discharged throughout the engage
| ment at 100