Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-11-25

this demand the Greek General des.
patched force OF a thousand or so 81
men down to the mouth OF the river.
at the same time that he sent his main
body once more to Philippians to mold
the town and support the detachment
which. had gone in pursuit of the Turks
This time Vaughan and Cheriton were
| determined not to miss seeing whatever
I, went on. Finding their little company
of Engineers was detained around Aria
for the defence of the town against a
possible attack, they attached them
selves to another regiment which had
1 received orders to proceed to the Five
Wells, and endeavor if possible to dis
| lodge the Turks from their position.
Again they had long and weary
march up mountains road running
| parallel to that which they had first
traversed. In places, it was little more
Ithan track for horses. At last, at
llsthe very head of the valley, they found
themselves in front of little cluster
of hills, or rather hillocks on which
the Greek force was posted.
| As has been stated, the Turkish army
was several thousand strong Against
/ them General Manos, with the same
incredible unwisedom which seemed to
mark his strategy throughout, had des-
patched less than two thousand men,
Unable, or not venturing. to attack the
force in front of him, the commander
of this detachment posted himself as
strongly as possible and waited the at
| tack of the enemy.
In this way two days passed. The
Greek force consisted chiefly OF Ev-
zones; that is to say, of men wearing
the costume popularity associated with
| Greece, the crimson jacket and white
4 kilt, which had caused Mr.. Smith to
| bestow the irreverent name of the
fuchsia upon the functionary of the
| hotel in Athens. These little fellows,
| mountaineers by birth, seemed to suf-
/ fer no discomfort from sleeping on the
open hillside. They wrapped them
selves in their brown sheepskin cloaks,
and slept as soundly as though they
had been under a roof.
With Vaughan, it was different, and
The was profoundly thankful when the
officers of the regiment invited him
and Cheriton to share the rough ac-
commodation which had been provided
for themselves.
All day the two forces stood or sat
still and watched each other, the out
posts exchanging occasional shots, but
neither side venturing to make an adj
vance.
1t was not till the morning OF the
third day that the Turkish commander
taking courage from the smallness of
the force in front of him commenced
an attack. The first sign that some
thing serious was intended was brisk
rafting volley from the earthworks be
hind which the Turks were intrenched,
a volley which the Greeks from their
own trenches quickly returned. After
this had gone on for some time, a body
of Turks were seen leaving their shell
ter and advancing across the open in
the direction of the nearest Greeks.
This was small detachment of about
fifty men, who lined the bank of a
| small, dried-up stream. The Turks
came running towards them, stopping
! from time to time to load and fire as
they advanced. The Greeks returned
their fire, knocking over some half-doz-
en- of the enemy, till the Turks were
within fifty Yards, when the defending
force sprang up and began running
back to the rear. The Turks uttered a
yell of triumph, and sprang into the
position which the Greeks had thus
deserted
Vaughan had been watching this lit
title drama from his position in a rifle
| trench, somewhat to the left. A mo-
ment after the Greek conAnander rode
| up hastily and a hurrid conversation in
Greek took place between him and the
lieutenant in command of Vaughan's
own comrades. The next instant the
| lieutenant addressed his men in earnest
tones. Some twenty or thiTtv OF them
sprang to their feet. while the others
held back with looks Of dismay
| Instantly Vaughen realized what had
happened. The commander had called
upon the lieutenant to re-take the po-
sition which the Turks had just Occur
| pied, and the lieutenant was appealing
! for volunteers to make rush.
Vaughan instantly stepped forward
and placed himself beside the Greek
soldiers, receiving as his reward a
gratified smile from the commander
The next instant the word was given
and they set off running towards the
ditch now held by the victorious Turks
The Turks, who appeared taken by sur
prise, let them come nearly half way
before they prepared TO meet them.
Then came volley of bullets, several