The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-16
FER0CIOUS FIGH9ING.
Greek IrregulaTs and Turks
Wage Pitched Battles on
the Frontier.
KRANIA RECAPTURED
One Body Of Invaders Makes Rapid
Advances -Ethnike Hetairia's
| Orders.
IBy Cable, Copyright, 1897, by the AS
SOciated Press

IBy Cable, Copyright, 1897, by the AS
sociated Press.
LARISSA, Headquarters of the Greek
Army in Thessaly, April 16 1897.-Severe
fighting has occurred in Macedonia be-
tween the Greek irregulars and the Turk
ish forces. The column of irregulars
sent to the right from Pigavitza after
having invested and captured Sitovon, as
cabled exclusively to the Associated Press
yesterday, continued its advances towards
Kritudes, Plisia and Kourduzi with or
ders to. hold the latter place at all costs,
as it commands the right approach to
Grevena, the objective point. This column
commanded by Chiefs Zermos and Luzzo,
attacked the Kritudes on Tuesday The
place was defended by two companies Of
Turks. After a severe fight, during which
eighty Turks were killed and twenty-five
were taken prisoners, the position was
captured by the Greeks, who also obtain
ed possession of $50 rifles and a quantity
of cartridges.
The insurgents, however, have suffered
a severe check in another direction. "A
strong force of Turkish troops, from
Mecovon, with number of mountain
guns, advanced on Krania, which had
previously been captured by the
Greeks, and attacked the four hum
dred irregulars of Greece who oc-
cupied an entrenched position. 1t is
reported that the fighting was ferociolls
on OF, both sides. The insurgents eventli-
ally were compelled to retreat north to
the mountains. Some of them, however,
succeeded in breaking through the Turk
ta1.-r isn hnes gss. and @ escaped TO Beltino. the
donia, first captured by the Greek ire
gulars, and used by them as a depot for
provisions and ammunition. The. a,-
counts given by the refugees of the
Turkish losses are believed to be exag-
gerated. They say that 265 Turks were
Killed, while the irregulars only had eight
men killed and seventeen wounded. The
leader of the Greeks operating in that
direction, Chief Milonas, was among the
wounded, and returned later into Greek
territory with number of refugees. One
OF the later says that a portion of the
turkish force was composed of irregularS
whose dress resembles tnat of the Greek
insurgents. This, it appears, enabled the
Turkish forces to execute flank move
ment unheeded by the leaders of the
Greeks. The refugee referred to blame
the Greek leaders for badly handling their
men.
All the refugees bore traces of having
experienced great fatigue and it is report
ed that the Ethnike Hetairia Or
National League, has ordered the Greek
lrregulars to retreat into Greek territory
regarding further bloodshed as useless un-
less the regular army of Greece supports
the irregulars.
The Crown Princess has arrived here to
take part in the work of the Ambulance
Corps
1t is thought probable that Prince Con
stantine, the Crown Prince and Com
mander-in-C Chief of the Greek forces, will
shortly move his headquarters to more
central position, near Zarkos
There is feeling of great satisfaction
here at the declaration made by Premier
Delyannis in the Greek Chamber of
Deputies.
Three hundred Hungarian horses, in
tended for cavalry remounts, were land
ed at Volo yesterday and are being for
warded to Trikhala