Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-20
BATTLE AT MILOUNA
Particulars Of Tho Sansuinary En-
sagement at That Place.
AN AWFUL SCENE OF CARNAGE.
The Greek Positions Taken by the
Turks After n Desp rate
Conf CT.

this morning publishes dispatch eont
by the special correspondent OF the
London Daily Mall to his paper from
Milouna Pass, Thessaly, describing the
Turkish battle. The dispatch
follows:
MILoUNA PASS, Tbsssaly, April ls,
p.m.-rhe bloody fight at this psss
began last evening at s pm. and Is
still In progress. The battle has for lie
scene q series OF hills, varying In
height, some Of them deneely covered
with brushwood and others compare.
lively bare.
The morning broke delightfully."- fine,
the sky oloudless and the sun pouring
down perhaps too genial heat. AT
the base Of the OPP osiDg hills stretched
away into the tar distance were two
long lines Of smoke, showing where
the fight was In progress. The wind
was not strong enough TO scatter this
smoke, which, from where 1 stood,
at the head OF the pass, seemed
at every moment to ,grow denser
and heavier. The din of the
firing wss almost defeating. The fight
became intensified as the day grew
auu the clearer light enabled the an
tagonistlc positione to be more clearly
uiscerneu.
Very early In the morning the
Greeks with splendid bravery charged
the Turks anu took possession OF the
hill tops stretching below the peaks,
and the Turks, recovering from their
mOmentsry check and cheered on by
their tfIicers, who led their men
msgniiicentIy, charged the Greeks
with the cold steel. An awful scene
OF bloodeheu and carnage ensusu.
Through my glass could see the
struggling nassss of men, the CLINT OF
steel as the bsy0nets swept through the
air, the flash OF revOlvers anu the
raised butt ends of riff 20 going their
dreadful clubbing work. The struggle
was brief though appallingIy deadly.
The Greeks, fighting to the Inst, Were
swept back by the impetuous on.
slaught of the Turks anu tue hill tops
were again in possession OF the In.
vRder.
Toward q, m. Marshal Edhem
Pasha adva oed towards the fighting
line with i've bsttaiiops of the
covered the hanks OF the Infantry
VINO marched over tas yellow fields,
with shouts OF enthusiasm. MarshaI
Edhem Pasha took up his post face to
lace with the line OF niIls To the left o I
Milouna, W mich was where the Greeks
were In the strongest force. l cannot
omit mentioning that the marshal aat
down on the ground, Turkish fashion,
looking us cool ana upc0ncerned as
the most disinteresteu OF the specta. |
tors.
The Greeks still fought hard and the
Turks pressed them vigorously.
The aria slopes OF the hill were
whitened witE pufis OF smoke as the
duel proceeded. AbOut,S O'Clock, when
the Day 10 my mind seemed 10 have
lasted = whole week, the Turkish field
artillery came into action under COM
msnd OF Rltz Pasba. Owing to the
difficult nature OF the ground Raz
could not approach Tho hill which the
Greeks were holding, nearer than two
miles and half, bat at this great
range shells were dropped with th7
utmost precision Into places wDsre the
Greeks were the strongest. For the
time being ali interest was conferred
upon the work OF Riaz Pasha's guns.
AS shell after shell shrieket Its why
through the sir TO the hills. three miles
Of, the effect OF the shelling was
evident.
IN. Greek rifle fire diminished and
l noticed AS an evidence Of the tire.
menoous destruction anu uemorRliza.
ton wT0ueht ~ the shells that nj
many piSces in the Greek position
there was an absolute cessation OF
fling. Alter q shell or two hAu
dropped the shells had either xii al
the Greeks or driven them panic.
Stricken away.
AT half past o O'Clock the principal
positions from the Greek side hau
either been taken by storm or evacu.
e,ed.
One important hill top alone 70.
manned in possession OF the Greeks, |
AT s O'Clock, Edbem Pasha had prac.
ideally taken the pass alter heavy
fighting, which toward the end, now. |
ever, siackened III intensity on the
Greek side. The Turkish army did |
tremendous execution ouring.tbe latter
stages oil the battle, firing with mar.
velous precision and the most deadly |
effect The Greek persislently anu
With splendid courage attacked three |
Turkish blockhouses ar6hnd which the |
battle centereU, but were on each &C.
casion steadily repulsed. The Turkish
iitie fire was very deadly. At length
the Greeks Jesisted from their attack
ON the block house and Tell back sui.
ienly Into their entrenched positions.
Then they practically RECOMMENDED
the fight pouring hail OF bullets upon
the Turkish positions. However, this
renewal of the battle did not last very |
long, and by degrees the iusilade from
both aides unfinished.
The Turkish troops are half dead
with fatigue, having neither eaten nor
slept for "a hours. The reserves are
lying around on the bare ground, the |
majority OF them fact asleep,
Tho Losses on both SIDES are un- |
known. but l have reason 10 believe |
tue Turkish Losses are not very heavy, |
considering the long anu stubborn bat.
Tie that had been fought. The losses |
OF the Greeks muet be very severe. | |
myself saw fallen, inert loIms on the |
hilisides In numbers that told their |
own tale ~ terrible slaughter. keenan, |
Boy, an tilcsr who fought In the en-
gagsmcn, at ksiys, states that the |
u.Ieated Greeks lost about 1000 killed |
while he puts the Turkish iosB AT 200.
Heinforcsments OF Infantry artillery
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