THE BATTLE OF PHARSALA. 691 took up a position along the left bank of the Kanarli, betweenthe villages of Gusgunari and Vasili. The 2nd Brigade of General Makris' division prolonged the line from Vasili to the bridge of Pharsala. The Crown Prince had drawnup the rest of his army (the 2nd Division) facing north-westward towards the village of Tsiachmati, to cover the Pharsala-Domokos rearguardof the Euzonoi were holding in order to protect the bridge over the river. He also deployeda firing line along the Kanarli west of the bridge, whick exchanged rifle volleys with the Greek ist Brigade.

The Crown Prince had now decided not to risk a decisive stand at Pharsala. He ordered his troops to retire gradually upon the main THARSALA AFTER THE TURKISH OCCUPATION.

road. Thus the 2nd Division could take no part in the action that wasin progress.

>n on thehills near the town,intending to end the fighting at sunset, andbegin the relic it to Domokos during the night. The two Turkish divisions (Hamdi and Memdhuk) now held the hills north of the Kanarli, and Edhem had fully carried out the plan set forth in his orders of the day before.

At two o'clock his artillery was in action on the southern slopes of the hills against the Greek ns. His headquarters were at Tekkes. Until four o'clock there was a lullin the battle. % tTiat time Neshat Pasha, with the 2nd Division, had reached Driskoli and come into line. Edhem Pasha orderel an infantry attack on the village of Passa Magula, which the Shortly after five o'clock the Turks had got -ion of Passa Magula. They then d the bridge, which the Greeks had not damaged inany way,and,deploying on the south side cf it,began to dig shelter trenches to secure their hold of the ground they had won Further west a regiment of Neshat- division and two of the reserve batteries came into action against the Greek lest. As the sun set, the Greeks had everywhere fallen back from the river, and Hamdi's men had rushed the railway station of