Show VAIL greeks faive it up tc the turks BATTLE but ila sultans troops paced alic with hie grcar asi LONDON may 7 the times prints tha following dispatch from via athea s ib expected battle begun at yesterday coining thursday at th B point aej at the and a little later above alkali and the positions are as follows V lea tino aej the main chain were held by the greeks the plain to tha no athward and tha gray ricce jutting out bel ean tae and V were auld by the turks the greeks had ahrea batteries of ar aud the turks tour eiry in the man aug a well directed greek artillery fire prevented the adv ince ut the jh infantry in lantry by the artillery arl illery firing was very heavy on bath bide but ouch mai maice its position A 1030 a turkish battery beh nd bonim b gan firing and t e greeks soon begin to aioo e ground A hot artillery aid musketry fire was apt up until a out noon when the dreeka on the hg hill commenced to retire in orderly fashion but aa a qiric the tur es were no birins at them and were apparently is of their Bui at 1245 p m the fuiks attacked the big hilt wih and shell fire the gr ek batteries on tha right ere sow useless aad aim st silent and the burss in th liri BA 10 d made no attempt to a them at 1245 p m tha attack on the liht ot the became severe the greeke there w re in full retreat the in all directions the lon liue of greek in fentry waa the skirmishers skirmish era forminio formin if into coin jamies and then fall anz into singie fi e despair doubtless was running down the lina from belt to right and influencing afe re alts I 1 e railway was com abandoned and tha station deserted at 3 the ev retreated on akitsu and the remainder of the E astern infantry to Alm roa ane turks burned the village of dentius Del tiUs dunne the forcing the turks were seen to havo dayen back the greeks aloni the line extending from to advah turning the fank of tr e vule tico division at and rolling up the breake in two maesel mae sei the turks won chiefly they thad d guna the greeks had io ly mountain mou guna the former aleo ahomed their tactical superiority by attack near the ayno ce philae where the greeks were weak t ul armillary tillary ar tivo of ch chief T battery wore tha greek haq ee flirt to have acou ac er K erfle ta greek inai nt B ground well under a especial y aone the center of the lin of flea many shells burst around th ca end overhead gen m riat win mach could easily hv held its had not the left collapsed the greeks at domokos and will probably join forces at lamia and KO together by a new road to bey kaaha where the next battle should occur though I 1 am officially informed that a stand will be wade at domokos Domo kog thermopylae will doubtless be left to the fleet LONDON may 7 the athena correspondent spon dent of the times says the newe of ane retreat from Phare aa waa at farat received with consternation but the public has already accepted the situation and now regards the retreat to domokos as a strategic movement dictated by prudence it ia generally frit that cen C en liis defense of has vindicated the reputation 01 the greek army and wiped out the darrace diR race of hati and Lari fisa but while this is so the old bellicose enthusiasm of the athenians has van fahed completely on all sides a de eire for is and the government invoke the intervention ot the powers it would probably be supported by public opinion the anti r yil feeling is visibly diminishing the demonstration due to a change ot cabinet and to the flight from bariesa La riesa which were somewhat superficial have not been reo abed the gallantry of the princes at has also bad a good effect |