Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-25
BULGARIAN ARMY
ROUTST URKSAT
ADR|ANOPLE
Besieging Soldiers Show Great
Bravery uItan's Men Take
TO Stronghold.

SOFIA BULGARIA, Oct 25.-Fol-
owing the capture of Kirk Kilesseh, the
B,lgqrian army under Car Ferdinand
messed Oh Adrianople today. fighting'
aac, tine Turks and capturing three bat
t-ri-, and 1900 prisoners.
The Turks slowly retreated from their
ogter -uongholds into the first base of
the d,lause s of -NdrianopIe. pursued
SLOWLY by the Bulsarians. wno feared
.ara 4lues The Bulgarian generals
rol,p-c0ei caution in the moment OF
victory tor they did not want to be
aaa0 I'm a. trap
Naic the Bulgarians continued their
march uoou Adrianople their fan-lile
5at.l- lin. vas extended All night
Bulgarian Infantry and artillery poured
through the pass ut Ntrk Kilesseh.
which tau Yesterday Details OF the
gatae Gil Kirk kilcsaeh received from
,ae IRON, today showed that both sides
fought with great bravery.
Tua tallDg of Kirk kilesseh is at
aiDv- d b.. the Bulgars to their supe-
rior altil cry fire The Bulgar guns ST
fenced tie batteries OF the Turks after
continuous artillery duel for thirty
hours.
# was not known until these mes
ag,- we're received that an aIl-night
battle with artillery had been fought
N-1u.s Jgy night.
Cannon Thunder All NIGHT.
While The soldiers of both armies lay
upon the field in the valleys of the Mo-
rita and Aria Flyers, there trying to
81 little sleep, the heavy guns Of
III. opposing armies Numbered in con-
.,antly from the heights where they
wore stationed.
Continuous sheets OF artillery fire
rmcJuated the darkness. the artillery
mau aiming az the flashes of the enc
mics guns.
inaily al dawn, when the Turks be-
gan to fall back, their retreat was coy
cred 10y two picked regiments of in
'antry. who braved the fire of the Bull
=arisu guns, and in this way consider
able of the Turkish artillery was saved
from capture.
The tremendous task of moving the
Bulgarian artillery upon the mountain
heights south of Kirk Kilesseh COM
meuced immediately after the Turks
retreat, and has been going on ever
since. Some of the mountains are SO
Weeipitous that roadway had to be
blasted out. The cannon are being
moved to the elevated points. for the
eouoIe purpose OF Smelling the Turkish
a'ienseS, which still remain in range of
artillery fire, and to repulse any sortie
which the Turks may make from
A'IIaupole In addition to the citadel.
Adrianople has strong defensive works
around the city. There are also land
mines and masked artillery batteries.
Grim Scenes Recounted.
Wars srimmest picture was painted
BY the correspondents 1'ho saw the
bloody battle at Kirk Kilesseh. They
;oId how one Bulgarian artilleryman in
sisted on helping work the guns after
one Of his arms was shot off. until ne
dropped from loss of blood
While the battle ragged, the dead and
dying lay where they fell.
One Turkish shell dismounted gun
killing five Bulgarian gunners.
Bulgarian cannon of the old type
burst during the firing, killing the men
who We're manning it.
These incidents We're allowed TO be
teegraphpd here heral1Se they showed
The courage Of the Bulgarian soldiers.
Tie Turkish gunners seemed igno-
.ant of their duties. Some of their vol
leyS fell half mile snort while many
smells Whstled harmlessly over the Bull
salian artillerymen.
Following the artillery duel the Bull
saHan line moved in solid column up
'Ae slopes of Kirk Kilesseh on the Turk
'sh batteries.