THE GRECO-TURKISH WAR. 692 Pharsala. They were busy far into the night barricading the station and entrenching themselves alongthe railway.

They had rested in their entrenchments until 2 a.m.; then, in silence and in perfect order they had begun their retreat to the Domokos position. Three brigades, with five field batteries and all the baggage, marched by the pavedroadthrough Vrysia, the road the Crown Prince had been so anxious to protect. The Prince and his staff, with theremaining brigade and the mountain-guns (four batteries),retreated by the mountain path that leads directly to Domokos through the village of Kitiki. Some artillery waggons loadedwith ammunition were abandoned at Pharsala, probably for want of teams. There was, however, no reason why they should not have been destroyed at the last moment.

The Turks bivouacked on tlae ground they had won. Here and there on the hills north of tlae river the flames of a burning village reddened the sky, for the wild Albanians had been plundering and setting fire to the abandoned houses. The Turkish losses had been very slight, about thirtykilled and 150 wounded. Hamdi's division had eleven killed and seventythree wounded ;Memdhuk's,fourteenkilledand fifty-sour wounded. The losses of Neshat's division were trifling. The Turks regarded the day's fighting as only the prelude of the battle of Pharsala. The Greek outposts had been driven in. Their main position was yet to be attacked. At dawnon the6th,Menadhuk's division beganits march to turn the CrownPrince's right and cuthim off fromVelestino. The troops werealreadyon the movewhen it was reported from the outposts that the Greeks had gone.

The Turks did not attempt a pursuit of the retreating enemy. The army camped round Pharsala, with the exception of the 3rd Division (under the command of Memdhuk),which was sent to Velestino to co-operate with Hakki Pasha.

VELESTINO AND PHARSALA BAT I'LEl-1EM s.