THE GREEK RETREAT. 709 But as the sun rose it was seen that in yet one more point Domokos was a repetition of Pharsala. The Greek entrenchments were empty ; the town was silent. After nightfall the evening before, the Crown Prince had decided that with the Turks established in force in the hills on his right the position was no longer tenable, and he had issued orders for a general retreat. The defenders of the main position, who felt that they had won a victory, received the news with astonishment, and there wasmuch talkof treachery at headquarters and of a betrayal of the last stronghold of Thessaly to the invader as the price of peace. Such a view of the situation was natural enough, but the history of the fight shows how unjust it was. On the hills of DomokosPrinceConstantine had made a brave stand and saved the honour of the Greek arms. Outnumbered and outgeneralled as he was, he could do no more. So all night long in the bright moonlight the Greek army and a crowd of fugitive countryfolk streamed over the Phurka Pass. It was just a month since the moonlight night that had seen the first fight along the border range of Northern Thessaly.

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