Show THE FIGHT AT description by a correspondent spon dent present BOTH SIDES FOUGHT WELL tiit the turks turin appear to have etva had the advantage of greater steadiness and well served artillery slopes ot of the hill coveted Ca with the dead turks in possession ot of til all the points contested fore for and greeks retired to the plain below effect ot of turkish artillery tiro fire new york april SO 0 the journal this morning publishes a dispatch sent by tho the special correspondent of 0 the london dally mall to hla his paper from ill louna pass raly describing the lie greco turkish battle the dispatch follows fol lowa Ml louna pass thessaly Thoa saly april 13 9 p m the bloody light fight at this pa paw began last evening at 5 and is 13 still in program pro grea the battle lias less for or its ita beene a series erlea ot of hills var varying ing in height some erne of 0 bueng em d densely covered with and others comparatively bare at the base of tile opposing hills hilla a allay OB ay into I 1 the h e tar far distance were two long lines of 0 smoke showing where the fight was waa in lr progress the wind ind was not strong drone enough 10 trailer scatter this smoke which A aich from heie I 1 alood wed lit at the head of 0 the pass pas seemed at every moment to grow denser and hen ter iw the din ot of the firing was wa almost deafening tile fight became becaro intensified n fied as tho the day grew and the clearer light enabled the he antagonistic positions to fro bs more clearly discerned very early in the morning the creeks with mitte bravery charged th the turks turk anti and took possession 0 of the hilltops stretching below the peak and the turks lurks recovering fron from fro n their momentary check and cheered on by their officers fibers who led their men magnificently CHARGED changed WITH COLD STEEL an awful scene of bloodshed and carnage cai ensued through my glasses glasse I 1 could sec ace the he struggling masses 0 of f men rag the glint of 0 ti steel on as the bayonets 5 wept through ill the air th ce ellash of 0 goliem 0 and the raised railed butt ends of ia rulluff doing tach dreadful clubbing c work nork the struggle was mas brief though acpal appallingly binkly deadly the greeks lighting fighting to the last were swept bock back by the impetuous onslaught of it the tha tur and tile the hill tops were again in possession of the 1 Ji glader toward 6 a rn marshal edhem pa pha olia advanced toward the fighting line with live five bet battalion ot of the A trong strong i foice of lavally cj covered the falanka llanka of 0 the infant infantry Y who march marched oil over tile the yellow V ath 7 ih shouts of enthusiasm marshal huhem pasha took up lip hla big post face I 1 to 0 face with the line ot of hills to the left lef t 0 of Ml louna A which was inas where ulgere tile the greeks were in strongest force the arid and slopes of 0 tile hal were whitened with puffs funi ot of as the duel dud proceeded about 8 when I 1 the he day clay to my mind to have bave aisted ted a bhole week tile the turkish held field artillery came into action under command of 0 blaz pasha owing to the difficult nature of the ground plaz could not approach the hills which the greeks were holding nearer than I 1 two vvo miles and a half but at it this 5 great range shells were mere dropped mith the utmost precision into places where the greeks crocks were the strongest for the time being all interest was stas cope concentrated ell upon the iho walk of ilgaz pas pashas ha guny guns As shell after shell shrieked ed it its way may through the air to the hill him three miles oft the EFFECT OP OF TIB SHELLING was ef ement eM dent nt the greek creek rifle fire diminished mini shed and I 1 noticed as evidence of tile tremendous destruction and demoralization a aliza liza tion wrought by the shells that at many places al along on 0 the greek pa position geldon there was an absolute cessation of 11 ing after a shell or two had dro dropped aped the shells shelb had either killed the greeks or driven them panic stricken greway at halt half past 9 tile the principal positions from the th 0 greeli side aide had been tiller either A taken aken b by y storm alorro or eacutt ed one important cu top alone remained IT la possession of the greeks at 5 edvern pasha had practically taken the pass after heavy lighting m which bach toward the end slackened alAck med in intensity on the greek side the turkish army uld did tremendous execution during the latter stages of the battle tiring with nith precision and tile the most bendry effect the greeks persistently and with splendid courage attacked three turkish blockhouses block houses house around which ulvich the battle batla centered but were on each occasion steadily repulsed the turkish rifle ride lire fire waa mas very deadly at length the greeks greek desisted resisted des isted front from their a attack on the blockhouse block bloch house and fell back sullenly fleetly to their In trenched positions aulen then they practically recommenced I 1 the he fight pouring a hall of 0 bullets bullet l upon t the he turkish positions Ilo however wever this I 1 renewal or of the battle did not last very long and by degrees the fusillade from both sides aides diminished the turkish troops are halt half dead with fatigue ha haan ang neither eaten caten nor slept tor for twenty tour four hours tile the re rc elves are lying ground around on the lare bare ground tile hie majority ot of them fast asleep the tile losses on both sides are up ln known no it but I 1 hale haie reason to bellove lell cre the losses losle ale aie not very or great considering si tile the long loner and stubborn b battle that had been fought tile jenne ot of tile tl e greeks mut mu t ile be i ery cry severe bevere I 1 TO mv if taw saw prone inert forms on the hlll hill efly geldia in numbers that told low their own onn tale of terrible slaughter flaughter kenna I 1 bey 13 an officer r who sha ought fought ili n the engage mental kana states tint abet the defeated det calel creeks Cre eMot 10 about 1100 gilld all K 1 l while he puts the turkish low loss at pa oa COMPLETO COMPLETE Salli summit plit of the Alli ourn pass pansi monday morning april 19 1997 by the tha associated r briw aa the turkish bictory of yesterday in n the All louna iouna piss M aal cot complete I 1 e e the reeks retired A tire to the rial lain of 1 nes rie saly leaving dill only a punard un on ell the hill from ahe ampre riven driven later hy fly four battalions battali tali of t infantry Cantry In ahr I 1 le turks turk puller up to illa top of the I 1 hill throe three batte I 1 lea bing alne ing laughing lauK hine anil and weeping eulth joy ing like ike chil children dlen one 1111 tery opened tire upon abe greeks greek abe mere ere retreating on the plain of 0 traves and did terri up lp the it of the press saw snips bom of 0 the turell 4 sheriff burst in tho the middle of a retailed hat battalion tallon of oc greeks eulth lie result that whole groups group 9 it liens e re kill ed or wounded deil yesterday evening seven new turkish battalions hat lallona and ami several mounted bat tortes teri of 0 artillery tillery ai wt left for the front an and at dann the una S mere arc trained on the grec gratte k on oil the plain below juries nir Ef fendl enill the earn coin mander and his men had ileen been twenty pis houra bours lAiL hOut cooil fee or drink wan they lele preparing aring an 0 o capture the greic 14 junes addressed his soldiers saying all those these abo love owl GA must advance to tho the a assault this mas as enough every man elih lilt louil fault exultant ciul tant shouts dashed fe bonard ro ard lit in the direction of the iho bloch houfe onic alven tile muleteer 1110 lie more mere bringing up the reserve ammunition joined in fit the assault on oil the blockhouse bloe khouw aich na mal ll 11 held C id by the greeks ulah magnificent courage tile turks with ill splendid finah challed 1 iilah I t it die abe anil and eventually leaped leape dover over he h ramparts rAm parl alth ith about of at triumph in this as an lilt the th turks it had a d oni only six sixteen t con men killed ki tied and devent een wounded everywhere ev cry it here was waa to ll 11 tw yn ell the effect oc at tho the burkh artillery their terrible just lit al tho the calculated moment tho the gaha on tile 0 oraw thed based appeared to iw be looking in 0 rt illery hut but t forced to retire the C correspondent respondent or saw numberless creek bodies M stripped of their uniforms by th the turks leaving only their shirts and drawers on the turkish losses in th tho 0 fighting of 1 were mere only fafty killed and wounded |