In their mad rush the people at last reached Larissa, leaving the road they had travelled strewn with guns and baggage, and dead and dying comrades.
Arrived in Larissa, the soldiers threw themselves on the ground, taking no heed of the trumpets calling them to rejoin their regiments.
When morning came the officers collected their men, and formed them into companies in marching order.
Then the news crept out that Larissa was to be abandoned; and another scene of confusion followed, the people fighting each other in their mad endeavors to escape.
Special trains moved out of the city for Volo; the people crowded the platforms, and even climbed on the roofs of the cars in their eagerness to get away.
The Greek army retreated to Pharsala, without so much as striking a blow for Larissa!
So wild a rush was made when Larissa was abandoned, that the soldiers did not even fold their tents or carry away their baggage.
When the Turks arrived before Larissa, they occupied the very tents left by the fugitive Greek army.
You may imagine how angry Greece was at this!
The people think that the Crown Prince is not a good soldier, and they are reported to have demanded his recall.