Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-25
$4,000 TURKS
FACE SURRENDER
OR ANN|H|LAT|ON
Ria Bey's Command
Is Hemmed in
by Greeks.

LONDON, Oct. 25.-A Turkish army
of $4,000 men. commanded by Ria
Bey. is faced with the alternative of
unconditional surrender or useless
slaughter, near the town of SerVia,
according to a special dispatch from
Athens.
The Turkish troops are hedged in
on the east by high cliffs and on the
west by the torrents of the River
Aliakmen, the fords of which are held
by Greek highlanders. On the south
and southwest, too, there Is a Greek
army flushed with victory.
After their defeat on Wednesday
the Turks threw away their rifles.
great coats and everything likely to
impede their flight.
Ria Bey and his officers vainly
tried to rally their troops and to save
the artillery. Their surrender, the
of few hours.
A Sofia dispatch says that Mukhtar
Pasha, son of the grand viZier, who
commanded the fortress of Kirk
Kilisseh, was captured by the Bull
garians, as well as Prince Abdul Ha
lin and several generals.
NSTANTINOPLE, Oct. rs. =
Stories of desperate hand hand
fighting between the Bulgarians and
the Turks are told in newspaper dis
patches reaching here from Adrian
ople. Great losses were sustained by
4
that city on Tuesday and Wednes-
day,
Bayonets were Used freely in the
fight for the possession of the banks
of the Tundja river, and hundreds
We're killed or wounded. Eight bat
talions of Bulgarian troops that at
tackled the village of Maras yester-
day were repulsed by the Turkish
troops with heavy losses.
The Turks have 10000 of their
finest troops on the line stretching
from Kirk -lClisseh to Adrianople,
which latter city is garrisoned by 60,-
900 men. Still another, $4,000 men
guard the line from Adrianople back
TO Lule Burgas.
" L.
Montenegrin army succeeded in sur
rounding the Turkish town of Scutari
yesterday afternoon. The Montene-
grin artillery opened fire on the
town from the northwestern quarter,
aiming at the citadel and the Mo-
hammedan districts.
The Montenegrin infantry then
made a desperate attack on the town.
but encountering an annihilating fire
from the Turkish artillery, and find
ing themselves hard pressed and in
danger, they Wfre compelled to retire
to their former positions.
They Immediately began TO make
preparation for a renewal of the at
tack. This was made under cover of
artillery fire.
Crown Prince Danilo and his staff
at one time were in great danger, a
shell bursting a few yards from them.
At Tarakosch the Mpntenegrins oc-
cupied the highest point of the neigh
boring mountain and General Mar
tinovitch called upon the Turks to
surrender and prevent further use-
less bloodshed. The occupation of
the town was effected after a bonn
bardment of the fortress by all the
Montenegrin guns.
The Turks replied with twenty-five
guns but those on the highest points
were silenced after two hours firing.
The fall of night interrupted further
artillery action, but the Infantry
made several night attacks. and, as
a result of their efforts the Turks
evacuated the upper fort and the
Montenegrins occupied it.
BELGRADE. Oct. 25.-rhe Servians
claim to have won a great victory
over the Turks at Kumanova. They
state that the Turks lost 5000 men,
twelve guns and an enormous amount
of ammunition.
The lighting is reported TO have
been of the most desperate character
The Turks are said to have had 25.000'
men engaged and the fighting con
tinued for three days. With only
short intervals. when darkness pre-
vented the working of the guns.