The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-05-08

Athens. April PA correspondent. who
was with the retreating Greeks at Laris-
sa has arrived here.
when L overlook the Greek infantry
the correspondent says, 1.-The troops were
in struggling order, footsore ana grimy
from four days In the trenches and long
exposure to shells, enough to unnerve vet
Grams. They went along in silence, a
contrast to the ordinary chattering in
the Greek ranks. The night was pitch
dark, and the red glare at Kutari and
Deli in the distance added to the weird
ness of the scene
Later l passed batteries of artillery,
mule trains, carts, wagons crying vii
layers, women and children. It was pit
liable. There was no attempt at order.
Different companies were intermingled,
and the confusion was completed by the
shouts and rushes of the Evzones and
irregulars in every style of outfit. Their
previous sullenness gave place to the
clamor of disappointed and disprited
men. They forgot their WEAKNESS in wild
imprecations.
THE retreat became a rout. Our car
rage was slowly picking its way through
the crying women and children. and the
horses, all overladen, were walking at a
snails pace, or prancing with nervous
fright
Suddenly. above the din or the con-
fused masses on the road and in the ad-
joining fields came a roar developing into
a fierce, sustained yell. rolling from the
distant rear with lightning speed. In the
midst of this could be distinguished cries
of THE Turks are upon us" In few
minutes a dozen horsemen and as many
riderless steeds appeared on the left at a
full gallop, the men shouting with fren-
zy, Run, rum the Turks are here!
I'm the night air arose the agonlzed
roar, fairly paralyzing imagination. 1T
will remain in my memory forever. The
stampede was immediate. The animals
were dashed into a gallop, and men, wo-
men. children and soldiers joined pell-
nell in a mad rush, many who Cell to the
! ground being trampled to death. We
hicles were overturned mixing up bed
| ding, furniture, ammunition, horses, dom
keys, oxen and buffaloes.
Some of the Greek officers 1T Is true,
/ did their duty. They ordered the buglers
and the trumpeters to sound cease firing
and rode about calling upon the fleeing
soldiers to halt. But others of the Greek
officers lost their heads and rushed on
ward as terror-stricken as the soldiers
One brave officer tried to bring his men
to their senses by presenting revolver
at them and shouting, Stop! stop! But
he might as we'll have called upon a
whirlwind to stay in it's course.
by 1:30 p. m. Larissa was emptied. In
stead of following the troops 20 Phar-
off his dispatches, pushed on to Volo
where there was a panic almost equally
as great as the one witnessed at Larissa
Fugitives were arriving at Volo ever,
few minutes, and they spread rumor!
that the Turks would enter the place in &
few hours. In the absence of steamers
there was a general rush for caiques, OF
board of which the well-to-do classes
went to Euboea or other Islands.
ITO such an extent did this feeling o
panic spread that the government steame
which was embarking wounded soldier
from the pier was obliged to leave Vol
harbor, owing to the fact that the fran
tic population threatened to make a rusl
on board the steamship. which woul'
probably have resulted in a great loss o
life. AS it was, the wounded soldier
were taken on board the steamer in small
boats and the vessel sailed for Piraeus il
a hurry leaving two English nurses ant
six wounded soldiers on the quay. TIL
nurses and the wounded soldiers wer
taken to the English legation"