THE WAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10424, 23 April 1897, Page 5

THE WAR.

FIGHTING IN THE RAVENI PASS.

14,000 TURKS ENGAGED. SEVEN TDIES REPULSED. DEPARTURE OF THE TURKISH FLEET. GREEK PROCLAMATION. A CALL TO ARMS. Pr«>sAMOcl»tlon.-Bl«ctrloT«leßr«ph.-Copyri»lit Athbns, April 81. The Duke of Sparta reports that the Greeks, under Colonel Smolenitz, former Minister of War, repulsed seven assaults by the Turks on positions in the Raveni Pass. Fourteen thousand Turks were engaged in the attack. The Pass commands one of the chief entrances to Thessaly. The Groek Home Office lias issued a proclamation deolaring the country in danger, and calling upon all citizens to join the army. The Greek gendarmerie and police have been organised as a military force, and have proceeded to the frontier to reinforce the troops. The Turks bombarded the military hospital at Arta despite the fact that the red-oross flag was flying. Iα the lighting which took place near Salonica, the Greek irregulars lost one hundred men. Constantinople, April 21. The second Turkish squadron, consisting of three ironclads, five torpedo vessels, and four steamers, which hav6 been converted into auxiliary cruisers, have sailed through the Dardanelles under sealed orders. THE LATEST. THE BATTLE OF MALUNA. TURKISH VICTORY. WON AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET. BOMBARDMENT OF ARTA. DAMASI BURNED. UNEASINESS IN ENGLAND. Preu Allocation.—Electric Telegrapli.-Corj jrltht. London, April 21. Great courage and tenacity were displayed by the combatants in the battle in the Maluua Pass, •

The splendid viotory of the Turks, which was mainly due to the superiority of their artillery, was completed at the point of the bayonet.

Both the Greeks and Turks were without food and sleep for thirty six hours. The Turks slept on Monday night. .

The Greeks abandoned their tents when they retreated, The Mayor of Larissa is leading two thousand residents of the town to the Raveni Pass to assist in its defence. After a fierce artillery duel between the Greek batteries at Arta and the Turkish forts on the opposite side of the river the latter were silenced, The roughness of the sea has stopped the bombardment of Previsa. The Turks claim to have disabled two Greek cruisers. The Greeks have burned Damasi, CONSTANTINOPLE, April 21, Izzet Bey, one of the principal menv bers of the Sultan's household, has been degraded for opposing the war. London, April 21. Considerable uneasiness is felt in England owing to the absence of both Lord Salisbury and Mr. Ourzen on the Continent.