Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-02-26

Cretans Drove Out the Turks-TheI
the Warshtps BOmbarded.

~ London, Feb. 21-A dispatch from Ath
ems says: The night before Voukolios fcl
Colonel Vassos learned that the Turkish
garrison from Canea was advancing tt
succor the defeated Turks. He dispatched
"a party of insurgents to meet them AMI
speedily followed himself with his troops
In the plain of Lividia 1900 Turks and .n0t
: Turkish Cretans with three guns engaged
Pin battle. The Cretan insurgents and the
3Greeks deployed, and after 80 minutes
Fighting swept the plain, forcing the Turks
to take refuge in Canea. Colonel Vassos
burned the fortified barracks at Lividia
and the Aghio blockhouse The Greeks
lost four sub-leutenants killed and 20 Of
ficers and men wounded. The Turkish
losses are unknown. In obedience to the
order of the king of Greece. Colonel Vas.
N SOS recalled the troops to Platina.
81 A dispatch to the Daily News from Ca
nea dated Sunday, says:
81 Smart firing was heard today in the hills
4 to the eastward. The reply of the Turks
was feeble, and it was obvious that they
a must abandon their positions if pressed
s The gun practice from the redoubt on the
B outer line was ludicrous. The chief Cre-
tan position was hamlet on a ridge of
hills, 1000 yards from the flagship.
At 4:30 o'clock this Sunday afternoon
4 signals were made to H. M. s. Dryad H.
8 M. S. Harrier and II. M S. Revenge, to-
q gether with one Italian one German nd
a one Russian ship, to open fire on the Gre
tan position where the Greek flag was
81 hoisted some days ago. The British ships
q fired 40 and the foreign ships 80 shells at
q the village and ruined the houses held by
q the Cretans. The flag was soon lowered,
and the order Cease fire. sounded after
q 10 minutes. Thereupon the flag was re-
hoisted. The rocks around were crowded
with Cretans. The Turks, encouraged by
4 the fleet, now opened a lively fusilade.
while the Cretans were removing the
wounded. The Cretans had not replied
d during the whole performance. 1t was a
somewhat melancholy spectacle.
bravery on Both Sides.
Describing the fighting at Fort Vouko-
los, the Canea correspondent of the Daily
Mail says:
THE Cretans suffered heavily by Lheir
own fault. They disregarded an order tc
withhold musketry fire until the work OF
the artillery had been completed. They
wasted $4,000 cartridges and lost 80 men
making furious and foolish fire and ad
vancing to within 100 yards of the re-
doubts, while the Turks fired splendi lily
wasting few bullets. The Cretans were
obliged to send to Platania for more am
munition, which arrived on Thursda!
night with four guns The Turkish forces
surrounded the works. disobeyed orders
and went in search of food, the Turk
profiting by the position evacuated b!
the Cretans.
ION Friday morning, when the guns ha'
been placed in position and they wer
about to resume bombarding, the troop
were surprised to see the Cretans plant
flag upon the deserted fort. Thirty-tw
dead Turks were found inside the FORTH
cations, which were blown up by dyna
mite. The Greek troops were all youn
men. Never before had they been I'm lie
fire,and they displayed GOODNESS and cour
age. The Greeks took 10 Turkish soldier
prisoners"