FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE PANIC.
A PERFECT PANDEMONIUM. (Received April 30, 9.43 a.m.) Athens, 29th April. Further details of the panic which seized the Greek Army during the flight from Larissa show that in the general nielde terrified citizens, encumbered with household goods, weeping women and children, and sullen soldiers, cursing their Generals, were hopelessly mixed upon the road. The night was pitch dark. Suddenly, galloping was heard in the rear, and instantly there was a mad rush in the opposite direction. , The alarm extended for miles, and created a perfect pandemonium. Soldiers tired in all directions for upwards of half an hour, believing they "were being assailed by the Turks. The special war correspondents on the field declare that the scene eclipsed the worst horrors of their experience.
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Evening Post, Volume LIII, Issue 101, 30 April 1897, Page 5
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129FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE PANIC. Evening Post, Volume LIII, Issue 101, 30 April 1897, Page 5
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