The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30

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allowed the Turks to approach within 800 yards:
course suffered too much ourselves, and most Of
our attention had soon to DO turned TO carrying
wounded men across an open plain M. n.
was severely wounded in the left knee, tho bullet
passing right through the joint; I managed TO
shoulders and proceeded across the plain in tho
tachmcnt gave the Turks a few parting yoleya
Lieut.. All~essandrini,, an officer OF the Italian
carried on the shoulders OF one OF his men.
Capt. Vsratassfs horse was shot under him. and
yw S% y 9S an iba IS:ts S5 ny ke ae't eSoss men NOT NOT
employed in carrying Jones a little distance in
the rear In open order 10 prevent any rush OF
most useful interpreters was hit In the. right
elbow Joint. The next man I cen remember to
ankle. T.bound up his. wound as well as ! could
with my handkerchief, but ho would not stop fir
short distance after this / received a bullet in
the right thigh. and my men insisted on carry
n il was now 5 p. NJ; the army at Pharsala
had thus had six hours warming of the ap::
proach of tho Turkish. army, and abundance of
battalion, however, was sent to our support, and
not a single stretcher or stretcher-besrer was to
not wounded were employed in relieving those
carrying Jones and myself over three miles or
our rear. Ali through the days action the men
showcd tho greatest courage, and oSeyed all OF.
ders calmly and implicitly. as II drilling at their
full; my men carried me through tho extremely
heavy fire, knowing all the time what a conspic-
trated fre Of the enemy. Unjust add. moreover.
that they had fought ali day without food.
had fought In the early morning came to our aid
as we neared the railway station, Here we put
ffo@ a II Thes S%Iis Sn pea ! mahH TSas 70 We ssi r q SRRea
Pharsala. We were despatched at once to Dho-
%Ss9 IN vf S9SnntrS SaS SH5ssbi , Sy our N ss5pisa1y dr Tsssh
was terrible. and all the wounded men, leSt
treated by medical officers In the hospital.
and later, we were despatched to Lamia;
upset apS '' Twice, and S at last the @A' ho esas'i be.
anne 80. tired. that I had to pass the
nj nig hsS on The esn road p d. At as sty bI 6. On the c syenin nG
shore TO tell me that they had a steamer in the
harbor with wounded from Volo, and they in
board and be taken to Pireus. Four of the
nurses sent by the Princess Of Wales were on
tive to us during the voyage. Now, as. you see. |
Jones and myself are very comfortable in the
time. I suppose. The bullet in my thigh has not
been found; 1t will be photographed by Rontgen
rays, and then l may undergo an operation"
sons why the Greeks were unable to hold Dho-
moko in the final battle of the wal. He thus
describes the Greek position there:
"On the top of a dome-like mount which over |
hangs the pass Is q medieval castle; but 1t 10
not on this that Dhomoko depends for it's
strength, nor on the white houses-whitencd
sepulchres of dirt and insects-which cling to
the cliffs, but on the fact that every foe COM.
ing up the pass direct by either of the three
roads must pass under a deadly fire from /,
the men with small arms and an. at least,
IL .l-ll A. - f. |
capital e~mplacements at the top. to say
nothing of field and mountain guns to be
used where occasion shall serve. And 80
here at last, I am assured by a staff officer.
the Greek army is to make a stand. we
do not move from here. no matter what may
t hhspP result ~ may is a p eG%lps' jasst hifssufi BGt' T Il fhe
Turks have nearly two to one. there is assuredly
no reason why they should attack the pass in
1t can be turned by a good road not SO
very far to the west, and It can be turned by at
least three tracks to the eastward The mountain
mcnt, and as the Turks are, by common consent,
good marchers, while mule batteries are known
have to be abandoned as well as Turnavo and
tarissa, which were turned. and Pharsala. where
the .ef fFon 6]6 sqaifa was ia sS SeSte With II d ibe thanking nos,.
tions, which must be manned. is of far too ex.
tended a CHARACTER for the force at the disposal
were it better than it is. A ~resolute and well.
guided force must get through or round some
Mount Othrys, which shows it's snowy perks to
me as l sit In a stable writing, with two petro-
leum cases for a table and another. for a chair.
I 81 saw the inc noble fs snowdeld Of 'nt 6lym lnoan'f TO
which we were so close a fortnight ago,
and which Is now over sixty miles away, whiis
to the west shone like silver a white peak of the
range, and behind us cleaned the snow,
still lingering on Mount Antinitza. of the Othrys
range, where the army will be before long-I
me-if the Puissances allow this useless
and wicked strife to 20 on. With a good road
or Furka Pass behind us, and two
tracks by Karatsai and Kislar to hit us on the
right fank-maybe one yet further round by
with their mastery in men. holding us in front
and getting at us as they pleasef Absolutely
that ! can see." II. r. c.