The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-01
BULGAR5 HuRL THE TURKISH ARMY ON DEFENSES
 OF THE CAPITAL.
ARMY WHOLLY DEM0RALIZED
Turkeys Magnificent Army of 100000 Crushingly Defeated by Impetuous Onslaught of the Fighting
 Bulgarian Hordes.

London, Oct 31.-After a four days battle in Thrace, has ended in the triumph of the Bulgarian commander in chief, General Savoff whose skill ful strategy has probably brought to close one of the shortest aud most remarkable wars of record.
 A great Turkish army, estimated at over 100000 men. has been defeated and is in retreat Constantinople Is believed to be at the mercy of the victorious Bulgarian army and coun- cil sitting at the porte is discussing the advisability of suing for peace. Such is the news which comes from Constantinople.
 It is caly a fortnight since Turkey declared war. The first week of the campaign closed with the dramatic fall of Kirk-killesseh, fully revealing for the first time the disorganization bad morale and inefficient commis- siarat of the Turkish army Today that army is defeated, routed within 50 miles of Constantinople, and pos sibly it's retreat within the capitals line of defenses is cut off.
 Only the briefest and vaguest ac- counts of the great battle have yet been received, for the war has been especially remarkable in that not a single war correspondent has been al lowed at the front except in tie case of the little Montenegrin campaign against Scutari.
 Thus no independent personal oar Iratives of tne absorbing events havs Ibeen possible and the world has to depend on biased official accounts pro vided by the respective goverfiInents or confused details supplied by wound ed soldiers.
 Apparently Maxim Pasha has been completely outmaneuvered by Savoff $ skill The Bulgarian turning move ment along the Black Sea coast now appears to have been a feint, which induced the Turkish commander to throw his main army to the eastward to such effect that the Bulgarian force on this side had the greatest difficulty in holding the Turks in check.
 In fact this point seems little in doubt. The Bulgarians gave way and thus enabled Nazim Pasia to report to Ccnstantinople some success in this direction. In t1Ie meantime, how ever, General Savoff hurled his grSa: strength against the Turks weakened left wing, which he crushed in at Luleburgas The fighting along the waole front, which evidently has been of the most stubborn and deter mined character, was carried on day and might without intermission, and both sides lost heavily.
 The capture of Nazim Pasha's head quarters at Tchorlu, to which town the defeated Turks retreated, has not as yet been reported, but is hourly expected at Sofia. In this event the Turks will be forced within the defen. sive lines of Tchatalja. the only re- maining fortified position protecting Constantinople. It lies 25 miles to the northwest of the capital.
 Adrianople still holds out but has lost it's importance now that the Turks have met their Sedan at Lule- burgas.
 1t is believed a peace settlement will be arranged either by the porte sueing for peace, or through inser- vention of the powers. And an inter- esting question involving difficult di- plomatic problems will immediately arise as to the division of the spells of the war--a question concerning aot only the victorious allies but also Russia, Austria. Roumania and pos sibly other powers.
 The campaign of the other Balkan states contonues with the success which throughout nas attended them. Scutari has not yet been captured but Ipeck has fallen to the Montenegrins. The Servians have taken Prisrend, and Greece is occupying the islands in Aegaen, in addition to various towns in Macedonia.
 The powers. fearing disorders and massacres in Turkey, are hnrrying warships to the various ports of the country to protect foreign residents.
 A noticeable feature of tle war is the insignificant parts played by the Turkish and Greek fleets.