. The Burton Holmes lectures;. 2 70 THE WONDERS OF THESSALY. A FLIGHT INTO GREECE luck. We happened to be coming along and walked intotown. There was no lighting ; they ran away ; we were inthe right place,— that is all. The stampede of the Greeks was indeed Turks followed in stolid bewilderment and found them-selves almost without an effort in possession of the city thathad been formerly the Turkish capital of Thessaly. The Greek army under the orders of the much-criticizedCrown Prince fell back to Pharsala in confusion. The newline of defense was about thirty miles farther s
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. 2 70 THE WONDERS OF THESSALY. A FLIGHT INTO GREECE luck. We happened to be coming along and walked intotown. There was no lighting ; they ran away ; we were inthe right place,— that is all. The stampede of the Greeks was indeed Turks followed in stolid bewilderment and found them-selves almost without an effort in possession of the city thathad been formerly the Turkish capital of Thessaly. The Greek army under the orders of the much-criticizedCrown Prince fell back to Pharsala in confusion. The newline of defense was about thirty miles farther south. Theprincipal strong points were near the towns of Pharsala andVelestino. The Turks after a delay of several days leisurely THE WONDERS OF THESSALY 271 followed. At Velestino they met with a sharp check, whichwas, however, only an incident, proving that the Greekswere still capable of showing courage and that in spite ofthe caution of the Turkish commander occasional indiscre-tions were committed by his inferior officers. But the Turkscontinued to a
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