GREECE AND TURKEY.
the battle op maluna pass; [ a desperate conflict. [Per Press Association.! » ATHENS, April 21. [ Great courage and tenacity "wer* ' { displayed by the combatants at the I battle of Maluna Pass. The splendic 1 victory of the Turks, which wai 1 mainly due to the superiority of then artillery, was comp'efced at the poini of the bayonet. Both Greeks and 1 Turks were without food and sleej i for thirty-six hours. The Turks slepi on Monoay night. The Greeks abandoned their tents when they retreated, The, Mayor of Larissa is leading two thousand residents of the town to the Eeveni 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 Btopped the bombardment of Prevesa. The Turks claim to have di>abled two Greek cruisers. The Greeks have burned Daniasi. LONDON, April 21^ Considerable uneasiness is felt in England owing to the absence of both Lord Salisbuiy and the Eight Hon G. N. Curzon on the Continent. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 21. Izzet Bey, one of the principal members of the Sultan's household, has been degraded for opposing the war.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5851, 23 April 1897, Page 1
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