THE BATTLE OF DOMOKOS. 707 series of terraces, and each hadits line of shelter trenches for infantry, with here and there the the Greek guns on the terraced hillside. The Turkishinfantry began to move forward to the attack, and tlae battle began in grim earnest. In trout of the first and lowest line of Greek trenches before Domokos a long firing line of Turkish infantry waspressing on, the Adrianople brigade on tlae right, another of Neshat's brigades on the left. They slowly gained ground till they reached a little stream about 600 yards from the trenches. Then their further progress was checked. So heavy and rapid was the fire of the Greek infantry, that one of the correspondents with the Turkish army remarks that one might wellimaginethat the Greeks had suddenly exchanged their old Gras rifles for Mauser repeaters. Another point is worth noting, for, though it shows a strange lack of discipline in the Greekarmy,it says something for the warlike eagernessof the men. Hundreds of soldiers and some of the officers of Dimopulos' reserve brigade left their position behind tlae crest of the ridge and crowded the hilltops to watch the fight. It was the fiercest struggle in the whole campaign. Battalion after battalion of the Adrianople brigade was pushed into the firing line. They came on gallantly, reckless of the heavy loss they were suffering. But they, too, showed .1 woeful lack of battle training. In their eagerness, the supports fired as they moved up, heedless of the risk of hitting their comrades in the firing line in front, and the ill-aimed, hurried fire of the Mausers did comparatively littleharm to the Greeksin the trenches.

more massive earthworks of a battery. Looking at it, Edhem realised that it was ground that micht well be held by a comparatively small force, and as the sound of firing came heavier and heavier from the hills to the eastward, it occurred to him that the Crown Prince was probably employing a considerable part of his force tocheck theall-importantflank movement, and,if not hardpressed at Domokos, might still further reinforce his right. So Neshat was ordered to advance without waiting for Hairi's belated co-operation.

The Turkish left wing, under Hamdi and Memdhuk, had beenmaking very slowprogress, onaccount of, first,the difficulties of the ground they had to traverse, and then the obstinate resistance of the small Greek force opposed to them, which wasunder the command of Colonel Mastrapas. Hamdi very early in the day decided that he could not possibly drag the greater part of his artillery over the rugged paths of Mount Khassiadiari. He kept with him only his mountain battery and one of the field batteries. It fared even worse with Memdhuk, who kept only his six mountain guns, and sent all his field batteries back to Pharsala. About 8 a.m.Hamdi's advance guard was in action against the outposts of the 4th Greek regiment. A few companies for a while held in check a whole battalion of Albanian regulars. Forced back by sheer weight of numbers, the Greeks doggedly defended every inch of the ground, and Hamdi had to use his artillery to force his way forward. Memdhuk came into action somewhat later, his opponents being a battalionof Euzonoi. Had the Crown Further away on the right Hairi's division at last came into action against the Greek left. One of his brigades advanced against the hills near the villageof Agoriani,heldbyKaklamanos' brigade, the flank detachment under Colonel Tertipis, and the Foreign Legion. The other brigade ofHairi's troops was directed against the hills near the village of Velisiotæ, held by the brigade of Antoniades. The right column was not only repulsed, but was vigorously attacked by the Greeks as it fell back. The Foreign Legion bore a leading part in the fight. Its commander, Captain Varatasse, a Frenchman, was mortally wounded. The British company, under Lieutenant Ramshay> now reduced to thirty-six men, had out of this small number eight killed and seven woundedin the fight. At Velisiotæ the Turkish attack was making no progress, and the reserve brigade of Neshat's corps was moved up on Hairi's left to support him in a renewed uttemnt to advance.

Prince reinforced his right early in the day— ■ e all, had he sent some of his mountain batteries to the help of Mastrapas— the result of the fight might have been different. As it was, the brave linesmen and rifles were very slowly, but none the less surely, forced back. So it was not till latein theafternoon that the heads of the Turkish columns had reached the points assigned to them in the orders for the day, and Memdhuk was not able even to attempt the dash for the Phurka Pass, which had been sted as the best use to make of the Albanianirregulars attached to his division.

By 3 o'clock the Greek outposts had been withdrawn from the plain in front of Domokos, md Neshat's divisional artillery and some of nizas reserve batteries were in action against