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FIGHTING OF THE BHTEtt-fSr CHABACTEB. FEABFUL CABNAGE. THE GBEEKS IN~iu_L HErBEAT. TUBKrSH SOLDIEBS SINGING AND LAUGHING LIKE Orf ILDBEN. ,-',,.' Athens; April 20. The Greeks have recaptured -ritsovali, in the vicinity of the Maluna Pass. The Turks renewed an attack on tbe Beveni Pass, and penetrated the entrenchments for a distance cf a hundred ' yards. The Greeks offered a desperate resistance, |md the fighting was of the bitterest character, tha carnage being fearful. The Duke of Sparta, who at the outbreak of hostilities went to the front to assume command of the Greek forces, hai returned to Lsr if ss, the chief town of Thessaly, The Turks are now bombarding Ternovo, in Macedonia, Latest reports from the front state ihat the Greeks are in full retreat on Larissa, pursued by the Turks. They are suffering terribly from the heavy artillery fire directed upon them by their pursuers,
The Turkish soldiers sre highly elated at their successes, and are oiDginj; and laughing liko children.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIIII, Issue 12287, 22 April 1897, Page 2
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