| Show = = = = = = = = = = = = = = THE WIRNOW BEGUN I The Turks Sink a Greek Steamer and I Greeks Btmbard a Fort I I stytin HGIITIMI IN MACEDONIA I FIVY I iftnond Jlcti Ingaznl kit Only TWO Hundred Rillrd6retis Captire Xcnixn ATHENS April 1811 a rn Copyrighted Copy-righted 1897 by the Associated 1rer Tbe Turkish batteries at Fraveaa ou the northern ihota ol the entrance to the lull ot Arts where according to I the treaty of Berlin the Turku had no light to erect lortlflcailonr fired ou and tank a Clak steamers the Macedonia Mace-donia this morning while ohs was attempting to leave the Gulf ol Am bra oil The crow ot the learner wait saved by boats rrom the shore but the captain of the Macojonla was severely wounded Upon receipt of this news tbo Ireek government nenl orders to tlm Greek fleet In the Gulf of Attbaclft to bombard bom-bard PruVMB Oonuquontly the bombardment bom-bardment of 1reveia commenced ut 0 oclock this morning and continue us tbl is dispatch In sent Prevent which li lu Eplruf and eighteen mllta from Aria li I strongly fortified I The Tuikbh minister here Atilm Boy ban asked for nil paunorlt they bate been handed him and bo baa loll Alhcne for Conilmilluojlo The Herman Her-man minister at Atbeur Baron Von PJenou has undertaken to proud rnrklib Infertile Greece during the eevorancuof diplomatic relations between be-tween the two conolrloi I The Oleok mlullr at CDIDoll nople Prince MavrocoMalo has been called Turoughout the day hero were cents Thai streets wero crowded WWI people eagerly dUouHslng tne outbreak of war suit the probable out ome TUB PLAN OF OAMlAldN According to the general under etaudlng here the lurklih plan of campaign la a concentration the TU alto near Important Greek Iron tier town ol Tyrnavta with a view of forcing the mountain unis leading toward liarlssa One report whlob la I generally credited has It that lf Hera 1aiba at the of 12000 man baa already begun this movement and rumors In thin respect are floating the autalance ot them being that the battle which la I expected be ought at or near Tyroavo bin already occurred Hie Greek plau 01 campaign ao tar aa It la I underalood by the Athenians Is founded on Ibo unloose liarleaa In the first Inatance an uttack upon tbat place having been anticipated and prerared for by occupying and taking fiery posaltalu aUTautage of all etraUElo points Inn country bore la admirably suited for defiance and No bile Ibo defense undertaken the Oretk fleet la relied on louesiroy the cases torts of l pltus and Macedonia The Ureek belief lu ultimate success la I baled on the expectation of u But veraal rislnjr of tha Macedonians and Kplrotea aa call aa the rooks eucceed lu winning u brlillant victory anywhere any-where over the Turks A altEr IMPORT The Greek commander atActlum opposite Prevosa telegraphic that mo Greek tleamer Macodoulu wblcu Was fired upon this morning by the Turk lib buttery while leaving flit gulf of Ambraola did riot alnk lu deep water but was able to run ashore near the entrance of the gulf It apiituralbai bombardment of Prevent only betao ut 1130 am whereas the Turkish forced theta opeuea a hot Btu upon Autlurn at 6 30 am A column was jurmei at the tJlegrapb station but the building Was converted into A fort and was garrl I Bound by 600 men The fuiklsti fire oimpleioiy uBtroyod Ill several of the liarnaon being killed mud wounded al 1 though the rurblan aim was Often irlde The Greek commander requested ItlUCoo by 101bgrapra soot the miD later of war ordered film ti bcmbaru Prevesa Immediately At 10 oclock am the Buauadukl fill filed a few Blots at a Greek guuouaf I wblob re plleil eUiCtunl allincluit the Turkish battery At 11 ooloik the Checks be gall to atlallt the Turkish forts Outside me entrance of the itulf partly lo divert the tuttuya allenllon and I V all I n order to < prevent tun inassealto 0 lLnOreekl f at Prevess Tbo Ure ii Irunclau Upolzil ties arrived to riMttt In bombarding IVoveia and l the RUB boat eonlluoo to ombatd from Inside the gulf Aoeordlu 10 the latelt 101lIm from Actlum 00 Oretk hav croiaed Ibe dull oi Arm Iron V nltn to Hulajors And are now marchlu on Proviso Various reiorta 1 ore current cur-rent aa to tile lull uii of InturRuut lOud In the Onalkla peninsula llu Alto aw sounding luvarlituoriuatters 01 tbe city soldiers are hastening to their barrack aid bodies of troops hurriedly iqulrpcd aru belcg dl > patcbud to the flout amid tut list salle uvatlona flood the crowd that till In street A FIERCE BATTLE RAGING HtA iUAHTKIta 01 1IIH lUKICnll AllMV JN MACK1IUN1A KLASMJNA AIr 1710 p I ulel yeiuy uun UUflhaIL1aryrI9ot 1897 by tUG AiBnclaud 1reit The uirreiponiUnt ot Antcialii Xleiaal title bout baa just reiuruej Iroui Kara ou the Ulu it Irnllr lIear rlrov and throe hour rids flout bI A l1c balllo between tbu Turk and Orttm It Uuw raglug Bt Kaiya It appeals that the Greek force which won evidently compound ol reg Ular trool 01 Oee fussed tUb Irooll fit 8 oeloLk yesterday evnlllg aod adNaucuJ upon the valley referrej to ut au early hour this nmruliik Hit Giuka liter were euguiiod by Km battalions ot furkun Infantry au < alter some sharp fighting wet utlveu back toward the ClOnllr Tile lore thou took a ptsllln upon Ibo crest 01 several blllr und tile uorubal Was re mutual at 10 oclock Among the In vuuera are cuuaidoiable numbers ol dloilian volunteers At intervals 01 bout twn bouts the I Ort rowoJ their Uck upon the luiklsb petition The luiks rt uiaimd elm and stood ou tile Iorollvr though watlllg consider Arabia Joke J The number 01 killed and wcuudod among tile fuiks could not tio nuertaluul ut tbat lime but the oorrcsroudeut lorlyeltht Turkish wounded lire U got to the rrar with the badlts of live Turkish cllloerr Only Ibo woundod Turks and the bodies I 01 tbocffloirs were being brought from the front to the field hospital hence the number of men killed coula not te learceJ The dead were lelt where they loll At 4 oclock In the alternoob when tile correspondent lelt Karya more Turkish wounded wire being carried Into camp Tile TURKS HAD Tilt ADVANTAGE IONDJN April 18Tb Times corruontlol al EIlla will Day tomorrow I vulted the borpltnl today to-day Sunday and found all admirably oanuuoted But the ecenu wan mo t ulttresaiug the wounded icreauilug In their agony and testing tb beudlngln their delirium Inbaturdaya nlllllgnt IIIK the lurks bad the advantage They were Judiciously anibuibed behind be-hind the rock and front Weir label leled positions malntalucd all Incea Bent flit TOJOJS iund y fighting at Ml louna pain took puce ar u all thrtu outlying block houses wuiob wore captured thou retaken captured uiu ud again retaueu Lou Urtek poll I tlon suOVred severely from the splendid splen-did scbrapnel practice of Ilia Turkish liatlerleilitu range of 3800 Invites Column of amok could bo bten region lug lu every direction frcin the Uretk position caused by the lurklib nimil tire To Ook dOInaed with the greatest courane but were list able to 1DIl against the Blow but steady no vue oC the Turk AI volug China Out three out ot the Greek earth work surrendered uud asked the urlu to ceasn tin ebell fire Tile latter now bold tau advanced line except ex-cept at one Plat The plluolpal fighting done by the Turkish lulnnlry was at HKuuiluaud Uumouio to thu rlgut of tile pass The Albeua rorrespoudeut of the Times sayi The key lo the Mllouua pass la Menoxa a position of the greatest importarace w hOI the fur Ito are i strouitly lutrbkcbed The Juliet slows tonight Sunday 11 pmla that the i Turkish forces mill hold their ground at that pOIII 50COO lION ENOAUCD ELASSONA April 18Tbo Greeks front all ineir pusltlolta lu the ICarya district began the advance toward the frontier at 7 oclock ou Friday oven lug lighting lad all that night and extended to wltnlu ten mllen ol the frontier 111 Is estimated that 15 000 Grcoka were engaged The battle loutluueJ with great viior throughout Friday nltbt aud HaiurJnj when altogether 60UOO were eutatej Ou tiuuuay motnlDg firing woo coDceulraled toward tile toutbeafit Mllouns About noon Sunday the Grteka Lejan to give way after tbn hottest tltullug uf I the engagement The Turks alvaaceJ only n little beyond be-yond the frontier Into Greek territory onilOerlnis tborauldlty ot the firing aid the great expenditure ol AMMUnition AMMU-nition the lIIlbr klllu It colOV31A lively imll probably under 200 Altogether the behavior of thv Tuik Iota Iraq was bltor than tbit of Hi Greeka Their oilloers remained coal earl I collected The firing still continue but It Is I expected tn coo at nightfall as Ibr troshave 1 lien etjgjued Cr thirty hours without food ir Ifp A uitFHC vioroliv LONDON April 18A dispatch to tilt Llty Ubnulclu from A lion > dated at raid lubl may a the Greelta have ca lured Menesa after mvere n btlnjt The Turhlati Ios > ei were very heavy the Ureek comparatively light rho ourrespoude ajd Tao Urerk fleet liaa deilnyoJ half the lolltosn > t Pruveta and silenced thevuiii 1 am asuiej that tile bombarding will ha ojutluuol tomorrow Monday lIIonlnl The Juliet news recelveJ hero t night It that the Greeks have ealtJII d and held all too tosttlonsexcu I All said Mllouua along tLia Iiitiaill lit e toOT OF MILOUNA IiBS < April 18 The Twits am DgLl u like demons the lurkliti nrllllfry do lug splendid eietiltioa uauer the command ot It z Itilu rna correaj ondeut of the Associated Presj sayi 61 regret to have lo an inuuc tne death of Han Itthtal MIIOUKB The battle Is I still UodrulOeJ bill tue lurks without calling up lug reserves have nmitt takeu tile entire en-tire pao 111 Is luipmilble to give details de-tails ai lo Inasrr I saw many erouns it r wuuuded menbuilhtse were m oily on the heights Amuul LCB have been sent to bring thtru In 141 cannot say whetber the Turks In tebd lit hdvanc iti liar am ATiitNS AtrlllS UpmIn the McllUiis ou tile 1runtler lItu lurks hv occuplol AuaanJ Mllouna but they have not ueodoJ in taking Kato The ouga etnaiit at Mlluuua pies was ol tbe tterceil character and the lusies were heavy oj bl h sides Foe Turk destroyed two pieces 01 GreaX ttrillleiy The Gretks capture the emir uttttry Iroui the lurki Three UrecL tlllLers of high rank word kit td AlllbtA April 18When tile Crow Prince Jntullo receive uewa of the capture of the Turkl a fall pxllloua belwiou Nrzeros and nr ainlabe wired to the Ureek contain tra there to a op llnhtli Immediately AlllLMJ April 18rb Ally bay file Ureek uuji live occupied the cllaJul m Preveia and It Is I bellevoa Ibe luiks are boiuurdlnc Veal it PAIns April IdChe femiiB calls urou the powtra to Intervene Iy laic ol itma and Hop lurkey oral Greece fnuilurtberfliihtlng OHEECC IlLAMFJi TURKEY ATIIISJ Airll 18 1 turn was a late lilting ot the legislative aitembly whlon mat held tjday Tbeiutilc I gullerlca were crowded Amid luieiitr excitement MUalyaunlathe premier atiuouuoed that the lurkliu icoveru maul had today notified Ureece of tile rupture of diplomatic rolailjua on tub ground l ol aggressive a lltuJe of the Ureek goverutnint In a coal but uc llocrate epeecn he revienid the recent events 10 how ou trio oJulrory Ilia Turkey had boon the Bgresfor that her troops bad attacked tue Urieka atil IlD I and attempted I to occupy neutral I poll lion au i that borbatterles al Pre via bad sunk tile Greek ship Macedonia Mace-donia 11 Turkeysaid M Delyannls dr clare war against us We accept II This Btnterueat was received with prolonged cueeri from the galleries and the floor of tile chamber TCIIKEY BLAMES GREECE CONSTANTINOPLE April 18An oflKlal ccrumuuioiitlun to Ito news I papers states that the imperial government govern-ment has aptreJ no palua to pro a or In i peace Lug that Greece having sent troops to Crete lu dellaance of luti with of tho powers and having begun boslllltlei ou the frontier has om polled Turkey to deleud her Integrity and to retaliate by an act of war The mlohter of war bas itivon explicit ex-plicit orders to UJhtin Pasha lu tcordnnce with nu Imperial decret approving tile decision of Lou council ana adapting the plan of operatloua formulated the military ojmiuli slou The trade throws the entire responsibility lor the war upon Greene Indium Piba la autboriztid to tao Immediate action defensive or Called live In acouidinco with this plan and 1U the ezercl id bib beat fuJKlnenl SLIMMING DIPLOMATIC HFLA1IUK8 ATHENS April ISAssim Boy baa hauled to M titouzas tile Une mm liter of foreign cllairs the following uou lu consequence of the aggressive alllluau of Ureecedlplomatlo relations batwecu tbo Out of the llellenea and bis Imp rIal mijejty the Billion ol Turkey and their nspecllve governments govern-ments are hereby broken Q Tbo Greek minister ai Gjoitautlno pie anti Ibe Ureek consult tiny been ordered to quit turkey Ior Ibe moon rea mo-on Ibo Turkish consul in Greece nave been recalled to CouttaulluopJe Within a fortnight from the date ol Ihli announcement all Ureek ml > eot mull leave Turkish territory otto miAitii > cct < i now In Unek territory bave betu Invited to leave wllhlu the same period NOTES ATHENS April 18A telegram from Irlkkali tent at 8 p ru said the Uretk brigade defending Itevlu has advanced iiamisl plain and occu pled Vlglla wnlch oummaudv tbe plain Alter capt > irlnj the Turkish battery time It la I roplat I taLl list seVLral baooa baveeolered Macedonia There Is no cfiloial news jet r3 to the reported capture Mrnexa BAIOMCA April 1801k binds have lauueu al evatheropoli west ol Tavala and are Inarching 00 Gun luelrueilgu Is I evidently to cut Ibo railway lite lo Salomon TutKlsb troops have been sent In puicult and there has been fijbtlug but lh retull Is not known bOle CoNBrAMINulIE April ISTtio Porte bas received a dlstalcn I from iJUtm lAb the Turklib ojui maudorlucbiel at Klfttiona dated baturday 18log that lu cnnitqu uce ulan invasion by the Greika lift troops haveselztd tile 11fights of Pernar and Veliouko the IOU I tral divitlou from Ulassous under llatua Pasha and a lull brigade under Niui Path have watered of Air lerntor 1MU1S3A Aili 18 Headquirtera Gnekaroiy IheueljjiueGreeki have captured tile lumlih potltloQ from Nnuroi lo Kovtra aud tile Turks are In full retreat toward the Interior where their forces as mIng m-Ing Innbattrrleaat Menexao aieJ firing 0111 im FOOT DY MILOUNA IASSApril 10 0 UIA nroo bauie raged lu tbo out a all night long file Greeks who entered and desconoed toward Ito Tollty encountered four ballalluns oq 4 iulklai t loops WJ rove th III IALI nDIIt tile pollli III the bOIl rouud the force gattleoulT tile Urrs bjor0icute which Ilia Grk bid encircled before eulerln < the p I Ntbhoi P0119 oumll dlow Ih r lib dlv tlon Dcuple i 1U1 Retain with n great et3 while 11 in 1allia I uJtuiuandlug the Sixth d v alon pre tared to outer Ibo Ttbnlsabn pits ant llaldar Ilu with Ibo icurt division occupied tile Mllouut poh I Before dawn E liein 1ouar do oil to direct the disposition ol f the uivl llona A ueneial onsruement entue Tho battie mill o > nll > u < aloiu tin I oustru pass over 0UOO men belli opaed rho combat lund on the pnsiesilou of Ibo I 1 Ureek blockboun which was most ulstluitely de ouded |
