The detached force reached the height which was their objective on the third day, and signall a column of smoke that they had seized and were hold Thereupon the consul, having，formed his annV into three divisions, advanced up the bottom of the ravine with his main strength and sent his right and left wings against the camp. The enemy showed no less alertness in meeting the attack. .Eager to.come to班ows they moved out of their lines, and as long as thev fought in the open, the Romans were vastly superior 怡目夕.少，.夕J‘，口J‘ in courage and training and arms. But after losing many men in killed and wounded the king's troops retired upon positions strongly fortified or naturallv secure. and then it was the turn of the Romans_to be in d沥culties.as thev were advancing ，.声u over .dangerous ground where the narrow space made retreat almost impossible. Nor would they have been able to retire 袱thout paying heavily for their rashness had not the Macedonians heard shouts an"M . r乎found that a. battle ha呼.begun协their rear. Inis unioreseen Banger drove. them， frantic with terror; some ned hi disorder. others woo stood their ground, not so ，沙创r much because they had the·courage to fight; as because there Wa名 no place for escape were surrounded 矛y the enemy who were pressing on in fro nt and rear. The whole army might have been annihilated had the victors been able to keep up the pursuit, but the cavalry were hampered by the rough and confined ground and the infantry by the weight of their armour. The long galloped off the field without looking behind him. After he had ridden some five miles. and riehtly susaected from the nature of the countrv that the enemv would find it im- Dossible to follow him.he came to a halt on some rising ground and sent his escort in all directions over hill and dale to rally his scattered troODS. Out of the whole force his losses did not amount to more than 2000. ana all the rest. as it in ooeaience to a signal, collected together and marched off in a strong column for Thessaly. After continuing the pursuit as far as they could with safety, cutting down the fugitives and despoiling the dead, they plundered the king's camp which even in the absence of defenders was difficult_ to approach一During the night they remained in camp, and the next day the consul followed the enemy through the gorge at the bottom of which the river wound its way.