The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-10-31
SCUTAR| TAKEN
BY M0N7ENEGR|NS
TURKISH STRONGHOLD SUBJECT.
ED TO cRoSsFlRE FROM
THREE POINTS.
TROOPS o R JUNCTION.
King Nicholas Troops Form Junction
with Servian Forces-Ottoman
Diplomats Still Condent
Of Final Success.

Paris, Oct. ga special Rome dis.
patch says that advices were received
there that Scutari had c%apitulated.
Rieka, Montenegro.-A general BON.
bardment of Scutari has been going
on. The town has been subjected to a
cross-fire from the Montengrin batter
les to the north, south and west and
also from the island of Vranjina, on
h lake, from which point of vantage
King Nicholas watched the action.
After an hour a thick smoke was
e e issuing from the eastern quarter
Of b town. The bombardment still
continues.
The troops under General Vukotitch
took the strongly fortified heights of
Rosai, which dominate the approach to
1pek, also known as Petch, and con-
tinued their advance on the town.
On Oct. Is the Montenegrin troops
Joined the Servian forces al Sienitza
in Novipazar. King Nicholas tele-
graphed General Vukotitch, congratu-
lating him On, this event, which he said
was unprecedented in five centuries.
Eski-Baba Captured.
London.-A brief Sofia dispatch an
nounced what may prove to be the
most important move of the victorious
Bulgarian army so far-the capture of
Eski-Baba. The dispatch describes
this town as an important position on
the main line between Adrianople and
Constantinople, but omits to say
whether the Bulgarians are in actual
possession Of the railway station.
If they r astride the railway at
this point they have cut the communi-
cations between Constantinople and
Saloniki. With 10000 Turkish troops
now in Adrianople, it had been sup.
posed the Turkish forces, after the
fall Of Kirk-Kilisseh, were holding the
line from Kuleliburgas to Lulehburgas.
a short distance east of Eski.Baba.
6uIgars' Plan Comprehensive.
The Bulgarian plan of campaign, &C.
cording to the we'll informed cores.
pondent of the Vienna Reichspost at
the headquarters Of the Second Bulgar.
ian army, will be the complete de.
struction of all the Turkish forces
along the Maritzar river and those re-
treating across the Erkene river. He
describes General Dimitrieff's army as
advancing on a broad front, the right
flank along a line from Yenidie to Els.
ki-Baba, the western column to Hav.
ia, with the central column already in
the vicinity of Kavakli. The eastern
wing, in forced marches. is affecting
q great turning movement by way of
B~unarhissar, Visa and Serai towards
the road from Lulehburgas to Choriu.
Nazim Pasha, the Turkish minister
of war and commander-inchief, is said
to have reached Chorlu. A dispatch
from Constantinople declares that the
army is preparing to take the often
sve and that the cabinet has decided to
prosecute the war with the utmost en-.
ergy and prepare for a winter cam
paign should the present operations
result unfavorably for the Ottoman
army.
Are Falling Back.
There is no indication where the
Turks will make a stand. They are
everywhere falling back before the vic.
torious allies. They evacuated the
town of Istip in Macedonia, without re-
s%istance. although it occupies a strong
natural position.