TURCO-GRECIAN WAR,

Waikato Argus, Volume II, Issue 127, 29 April 1897, Page 2

TURCO- GRECIAN WAR,

GREEK REVERSES. SUPPLIES CAPTURED. GAIiIBALDUS CONTINGENT 250 MEN. Atiikns, April 20. I-'iKTiiiK part'cnlars of the recent fighting shows that Koif.il;a was captured by ihe Turks on Thnisday after a fierce hut Lie. In the lattice at Revcni and Mati, which cere fought on Friday, the Greeks fought with s p lend ill dash ami doggedness. I lie Duke of Sparta and I'iiiice Nicholas, Iliad son of the King, were under lire. Prince NMiolas acted with great gall >n'ry. The Duke ef Sparta telegraphed to the King at noon on Friday that the situation at Mati whs highly satisfactory, but that 1 iter on the defeat rf a Greek brigade at Reveni enabled the Turks to outflank Mati, and the Grcvki were compelled to fall back after six hours and a halt fighting 'I lie Turkish cavalry charged splendidly, and the complete rout of the Greeks was only prc\cuted by nightfall. The Ciock officers shot several fugitives on the retreat from .Mati. Fourteen guns were captured by the Turks at Mati. During the night the Duke of Sparta formed the army into three columns and retreated to Phcrecla. He hopes to mass 40,000 troops Here. Before leaving Larissc'. the Turkish portion of the town was burned, and the bridge and part of the railway was destroyed. The wounded Greeks were left behind, and the heavy guns abandoned. Larissa has been occupied by the Turkish cavalry. Large quantities of arms and supplies were captured. Four thousand women and children have left Larissa. Edhen Pasha, the Turkish Commander, has p'aeed a cordon of cavalry toiind Tuinavo, and forbidden the troops to enter the town. The reports from Fpirus as to the re rait of the fighting there are conflicting, each side c aiming to have gained an advantage. Necropolis is being bombarded. The people of Athens were stunned by the news of the defeat and retreat of the army, and sobbed in the streets. They demand that a new c mntander shall be appointed. Tli j intended expulsion tf two him dred thousand Gr eks from Turki-y within a fo tnight is causing a feeling of dismay in Greece, and the Powers are pressing the Sultan to modify his decision. The Tuks have recaptured Pente Pigadia, one of the strongest and mo.t rugged passes on the western frontier leading to Albania. The position is of gieat strategicd importance to the Oietks in their contemplated march from Arta to Janina. The Turkish troops are charged with committing outrages. Rieeiotti Garibaldi, a son of General Garibald', and a General in the Italian ai my, who recently offered to come to the assistance of Griece with 100,000 Garibaldi ns if she declared war against Turkey, has arrived in Athens at the head of '250 Italian volunteers. A gieat panic prevails at Volo, where 10,000 Greek refugees are congregated . Ships are being sent from Athens to convey the women and children to a place of safety. Troops have been sent fiom Monastir to quell the mutiny amongst the Albanian troops at Janina. London, April '2(3. The Daily Chronicle has started a fund in aiel of the Greek wounded. Fifteen hundred pounds have already been subscribed. Constantinople, April 2G. There is eveat rejoicing in Constantinople, at the success of the Turkish army. Toe Sultan has decorated Edhcin Pasha and his divisional commanders.