The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03
DJLGARIAh A. MI At DOOR
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/ last night sent a part Of their army
| 20 Adr .anopie to deal the anal blow
/ % that fortress.
| 1t il now definitely known that
<az.rn Pasha, who was reported
(, X lied, and later as captured IN the
/! sht near Lule- Burgas, Is alive and
/ n active command Of his shattered
| forces.
| Abdul Hamid, the assassin,
| was today removed from Saloinka to
| The Asialic side Of the Bosphorous
/ on the German cruiser Lorelei The
! Greeks and Servians are advancing
/ on salonika. and Its fall is expected
! tonight. Grave fears are entertained
i FIR the fate Of the Christians In Ssl-
| onika A massacre has already been
| reported, but II Is not confirmed.
Powers Stffi 1T Odds
The powers are stiil at odds to-
night en- the Intervention proposals.
| Any agreement they may be able to
each now can hardly become effec-
tive before the Bulsarians take Con-
/ sFanfin6F Fe,. and tFfefr en5rfs. There
fore, can only concern proposals to
| he Balkan allies on the territorial
division on the continent. from which
The hrst details Of the fighting be-
tween AdrianopIe and Constantinople.
altering through the censored tele-
graph and cable Offices late today.
bring the first realization of the mag
| nitude of the battle.
From the time the Bulgarians in
-titntcd their advance from the Rou-
vr.anian border to the capitol more
than I'VE hundred thousand men have
been engaged in the conflict, and at
| least aeventy-fve thousand. probably
one hundred thousand. are dead or
wounded Twt-thirds of the losses
fell upon the Turks
Sofia and Constantinople report tina
arr val In the respective capitals OF
thousands of wounded soldiers. In
dicating the part played In the strug-
gle ythe saber and bavonet. a
ma iority of the wounded bear gashes
from sharp blades instead OF bullet
wounds.
The International News Service
correspondent with the Bulgarian
army reports the lighting in the
week-iong battle as most severe on
the left wing of the Turkish army.
the only cessation In the attack COM
ing when General Savoff sent his main
force to his own left TO draw the
main. Turkish army to their own
sht and then wheeled the army
back when he saw that Maxim Pasha
had fallen in to the trap.
| Artillery Shells Turks.
On Monday the Bulgarians shelled
+! the Turkish left with six batteries.
following with an unsuccessful n
fantry attack. Tuesday morning was
devoted to artillery duel in which
inc Their side gained any advantage.
Late Tuesday Bulgarian reinforce
| rsnts began to arrive from the d.
rection of Adria nopfe. and they were
rushed to the fir rg line. The on
siaught by the fresh troops that fol-
lowed forced the Turks to retreat to
Torgut.
Dawn on Wednesday disclosed .
death grappie that extended along the
entire battle line OF twenty miles
For the NEST part the fighting was
hand to hand. During these hr e
| hours of combat, thousands wer'
killed. pierced by bayonefs or dis.
fsected by sabtes. Late Wednesda,
the Bulgarian artillery was rushed
from the rear and placed directly II
front OF the Turkish center. A de-
vastating shrapnel fire followed. Al
Though the Turkish Infantry suffered
heavily. and several times was at this
point of actual rout. stin the Bull
garians were unable to shatter tho
bravely defended line.
1 A desultory fire was kept up b,
both sides Wednesday n ght and
Thursdays daybreak found the tvs
armies agai, graphing. The Turk,
18Th lines seemed much IN inner and
the troops fought with less viaor. thar
the siay before. Al their forcex were
(. concentrated on their left wing. This
wing NUT be shattered. Genera
SAVIOR then executed his dar ng de-
tour, Turing away the best part OF tht
Turkish army to the ietter's right
Deal Final Blow.
1 The Turk sh wing thus weakened
the Bulgars dealt their firal. crush
irg bow. In less than one hour ths
Turks were fleeing in disorder. Theil
\ line broke In twenty places. leav nj
great gaps through which the Bul.
garians rushed to the chase. The
tscene wa one OF indescriba BILE con.
lfur'cn. Here and there a Turkish
detachment, feel mr. more loyalty tc
their commanders than their com.
l Yadea stood their ground against
1.-THE frightfui odds and were merci-
lessly cut down.
/ Yesterday and today the fight'ng
has ben mainly between the Bull
| garians and tho Turkish rear guard
Occasionally the Turkish officers
would ba able to muster q sizeabis
force to make : stand. but no en-
Igagfnert ended otherwise than In q
Bul1ar sn victory.
The Turks. despite their io.ees. are
still numerically stronger than the
Bulsars. but they are disorgan sca
and demoraIixed.
Anxscty Prevails.
CONsTANTINoPLN. Nov. s.-The