The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
AFTER long SEIGE
GREEK ARMY Wins Big VICTORY
over TURKS
CITY OF JANINA FALLS
Thirty-two Thousand Prisoners Taken
When Turkish Stronghold, Valiant
ly Defended for Months, Finally
Surrenders after Continuous Bonn
bardment Of Two Days and Night.

| SurrenderS after Continuous Bonn
bardment of Two Days and Night.
The Turkish fortress of Janina
key to the possession of Epirus Prov
| ince, with it's garrison of $4,000 men
| surrenuered to the Greek army
Thursday after a defence which
stands out as one Of the most bril-.
liant episodes Of the Balkan war.
The surrender was preceded by a
fierce bombardment continuing two
days and nights. Every available
gun, including heavy Howitzers lent
by the Servian artillery, was brought
to bear o nthe forts defending the be-
leagured city.
Thirty thousand shells were fired
by the Greek guns during the first
days cannonade. Gradually the
Turkish batteries at Bizani, Monal-
lair, Sakni and elsewhere were ST.
fenced.
The Greek commanders, by feint,
led the Turks to believe that their
attack would be made from the right.
AS soon as the attention of the de-
tenders had been districted the
Greeks hurled large bodies of infan-
try on to the Turkish left. The Otto
man troops utterly surprised, fell
back in disorder.
Batteries on the heights of Bizani,
the mainstay of the defence, had been
unable to stand the pelting Of the
shells and were reduced to complete
silence at II o'clock Wednesday
morning.
The Greeks pushed their forward
movement during the afternoon and
occupied the Turkish batteries on the
Sakni and Elsas hills, capturing all
the guns ard 10 artillerynen. Then
the Greek battalions gradually de-
ployed onto the plain in front Of the
city itself.
The Turkish fight Immediately be-
came general.- Whole detachments
succumbed to panic and joined in a
mad race into the city. The Greek
troops followed almost to the walls.
With all the defending batteries in
the hands of the Greeks and the
Hellenic soldiers at the gates Of ia
nina, Essad Pasha, Turkish comman-
der, at six o'clock Thursday morning
sent messengers to Crown Prince
Constantine, of Greece, announcing
the surrender of the city a2d all the
troops under it's command.
The fall of Janina was announced
BY the Crown Prince to the Greek
war Office. Wild enthusiasm reigned
in the streets of Athens on announce
ment Of the news. All houses were
decorated with flags. Excited people
thronged the thoroughfares singing
the Greek national anthem.
The Greek advance on Janina be-
gan late in October The Turks re-
tired rapidly before their opponents
and operations around the fortress
opened about the beginning OF De-
cember. The attack continued with
varying success even during that per-
iod of the armistice to which the
Greeks never formally agreed.
Several of the outlying forts fell
before the Greek assaults and the at
tack on the principal Notifications
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It was not known until Thursday
morning how many Turkish troops
we're in the city, estimates of them
varying from $4,000 to 10000 men.
The populations numbered $4,000,
mostly Greeks.
The Notifications which at one
time were considered strong were an
tiouated and could not resist modern
cannon. Provisions throughout the
siege had been plentiful, as Janina is
a center of the grain trade.
Premier Venizelos announced the
victory in the Chamber of Deputies.
All leaders of the opposition spoke,
congratulating the Grown Prince and
his mary on the brilliant achieve
ments.
A telegram was dispatched to the
Crown Prince in behalf Of the Gov
ernment by the chamber expressive
of the gratitude Of the nation.
At the close Of the sitting the mem
hers of the Cabinet and the Deputies,
followed by cheering crowds, march
ed to the Cathedral, where a thanks
:,..~ eor,yioo uoS held