The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-21

Turkish General When Order to
Have Won Victory at Damasi.
Copyright, 1897, by the Associated Press)
Summit of the Milounn Pass, Monday
Morning, April 10.-The Turkish victory
of yesterday in the Milouna Pass was
complete. The enemy retired to the
Plain OF Thessaly. leaving only rear
guard on hill from which it was driven
later by four battalions of Turkish in
| fantry.
The Turks pulled up to the top of the
hill three mountain batteries, !. singing,
laughing ana weeping with joy like
children. One battery opened fire upon the
Greeks who were retreatinR on the plain
of Trayes and did terrible execution.
| The correspondent of the Associated
Press saw some of the Turkish shells
burst in the middle Of ssrriei battalion
OF Greeks, with the result that whole
groups were killed or wounded.
| Yesterday evening, seven new Turkish
battalion and several mounted batteries
Of artillery left for the front and at dawn
the latter were trained on the Greek
| blockhouse on the plain below.
Junes ERendi, the Turkish command
er and his men had been twenty 81
hours without food or drink. When they
were preparing to capture the Greek
blockhousy, Junes said to his soldiers:
'.All those who love God must advance
to the assault
This was enough. Every man, with
loud exultant shouts dashed forward in
the direction of the blockhouse Even
the nluleteers, who were bringing up the
reserve ammunition, joined in the as
sault on the blockbouse, which was held
BY the1 Greeks with magnitiosnt oour
age. The Turks, with splendid dash,
charged with the bay0net and eventually
leaped over the raInparts with shouts OF
triumph. The Greeks waited until the
Turks were within thirty yards before
Withdrawing. In this assault the Turks
had only sixteen men killed and seven.
teen wounded.
Everywhere was to be seen the effect
of the Turkish artillery. Their terrible
shells burst just at the calculated : mo.
ment. The Cracks, on the Other hand,
appeared to be lacking In artillery.
AS the correspondent is writing this
despatch, the Greeks attempted to reply
to the Turkish artillery; but, they were
eventually forced to retire.
| The correspondent saw mum mberless
| Greek bodies stripped of their uniforms
| by the Greeks, lea wing only their shirti
and drawers on. Most of the dead, how.
ever, were carried off by the Turks whc
raised the corpse OF the Greeks reverently
and placed them beneath the shade ol
| trees.
| The Turkish losses In the fighting o.
yesterday were only fifty killed and IF
| teen wounded.
Greeks Occupy Villages.
| Athens, April 2O.-An official despatch
from Arta says that, after crossing tht
| Aroathos at Bani tine Greeks occupied
the villages Of Neokhori and Sakhika
lama, where they strongly entrenched
| Themselves Col. Mauos Is now ad vanc
| ing northward In the direction of Para
akevi. The Greeks repulsed An attemp,
of the Turks to CROSS the bridge at five
O'Clock this morning. A number O1
Greeks. among them several officers
| were killed and others wers wounded.
| Turkish Successes at Many Points.
| Constantinople, April 2O.-Edheu
Pasha has wired the Sultan that he has
! gained several notablevictories yesterday
occupying all the fortified positions com
| mandinR Tyinavox. He reports that the
Greeks evacuated their entrenohed camp
| leaving behind thirty cases of cartIid ge
| ami many rifles. The Turks, he says
| have retaken VelitZke, which the Greek
surprised and captured on the first day O
| frontier aggression.
] The Turkish commander at Janin,
announces that the Greek fleet which ha
been bonn harding Pravosa has becn com
| PEELED to retire one division withdraw ins
to the interior of the gulf and the large
| ironcads sailing for the islands of Pax,
and Santa Maura.
An official telegram from Zanta assert
that the Greeks who landed at Eletu
thropoli and reached Gojrat. near tn,
railway were ATTACKED and drafted b,
Turkish troops and peasants and tina
one hundred Greeks were killed.
Turkish Squadron Leaves Dardanelles.
Constantinople, April 2O.-A secont
/ Turkish squadron left the Golden Horl
this afternoon for the Dardanelles. l
| consists of the Orhanien, the the monito
Hifsirahmann the corvette Mansoura
Ave torpedo boats and four steamers
| which lave been converted into cruis
| ers.
Prince Mavrooordato, the Greek min
| lister to Turkey, has sailed for Athens
All the am bassadors except the Germa,
am baasador, went to the quay to biz
him farewell.
To Expel Greeks from Egypt.
London, April 20.-A despatch 70 tn
| Times from Cairo. says that the TurkisI
government has called upon the Khediv,
to expel the Greeks from Egypt. AS tn
Greeks number 80, 900, Ind are the chic
promoters of commerce and trade, thei
removal is desired by none save the oil,
Turkish party. 1t is probable that Franc
will undertake to protect them and thu
the expulsion will be avoided.
War News from London.
London. April 20.-A telegram to th
Times from St. Petersburg says tina
Count Muravieff, the Russian foreigl
minister, has despatched circular not
to the Powers advising them to obsery
an expectant attitude, in case eithe
Turkey or Greece should request inter
ventlon. The correspondent understand
that all the Powers have agreed to con
tinue to hold Crete with the forces al
ready there.
A despatch to tho Morning Post from
Conetantinople says that the report tina
Greek volunteers have cut the Salonic
railroad near Kavnli, is not confirmed
Hut the Greeks have occupied Mitylen
and Chios after sharp engagement wit