The chronicle=news., 1912-10-28
ADRIANOPle's DOOM
IS SEALED
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stcmdy hcadway. Its capture Of PEN
tIpicxcsia ix considered of the ut
Gost Importance for with Pcntcpige-
sia In Greek hands tn. whole coun-
try TO the north " easily accessible
to the advance Of tho Creek army
aud the way In also loft open to
,Ianiga. the Turkish base Iu the fnr
western region.
The Creek plan i.. clearly. TO effect
II junction Of all the Greek armies
and then march on Saloniki
Tho MonteneErins. hnmpcred by
rain and the stubborn resistance Of
the Turks. are still hammcrIn. away
at Tarakosch and Scutari.
H-lIradc. Oct. 2S.-Th. Servinn
trops have taken the town OF Nitro
gitza. on fhe railroad on the north Of
rskuh. and Verisovitx also has fallen
into their hands, according to dss-
patch from the Servian base ut TIE
frontier
Fifteen quick firing canon. 1000
iifies and Il mass OF ammunition were
abandoned by the Turkish troops dur.
Ing their retreat.
All the ncishborinx small towns
also are surrcnderinK TO the Ser
vians.
The Turkish army after abandon
Ing uskuh rctreated toAarl Vel~s.
the men throwing away their rifles
In ihair flight. Hundreds of waE-
on loads Of supplies wer. left behind.
The Greeks, who have been left
out OF some calculations In regard TO
the future now put forward a CLAIM,
that the portion Of Turkey in which
the Greek crown princes army In
operating must fall to them.
In "a scmi.official statement the
Greeks point out that the country
mentioned and that to the north has
a purely Greek population who nat
urally expect that under no circum.
stances shall they be placed under
anythtnE but Hellenic rule.
The first uncensorsd accounts At
Kirk -kiiissch have reached London
from Constantiuoplc By way Of Kus-
tcndjc. Russia. -
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October 81. = Turkish force under
tho comand Of Mahmoud Mukhtar
lssha and Prince Asls Pashs. weat
out With the Intention Of making .
surprise attack on ths bulgarian
army conversinG upon ,Kirk.Kilisseh.
Tho niEht was extremely stormy.
violent squalls Of wipa and raiu.
followed by . steady dQWnpour. beat
Ing ul0n the troops aud drcnchinE
them TO tho skin. even before they
started. fr
rat. parts advancing along In para
ilcl. ~ dawn the Turkish advance
guard came into contact With the
BulEariann aud . severe engagement
cnsucd.
TIL" BulGarlans were discovered to
be In overwhelming stren&th and not
merely n light vanguard a. had been
Expected. Owing to the darkness. or
possibly to somc error In the route
followed or. to rome confusion { In
structions. ono I tho Turkish clumns
mistook another body Of Turkish
troops for Bulgarians and delivered
"a violent attack. causing heavy loss.
cs
The Turks soon were compelled to
give way before the bulgarian ad-
vance and shortly afterward the
Turkish cavalry. In attempting a
charge was severely punished.
The bulgarian fire upon the re-
treating cavalry and the xalloping
of the horses started a panic among
the Turkish infantry. who precipit-
latcly bol;ed. although their reserves
finally succeeded in stemmiuG the
torrent OF their flight.
Vienna. Oct 2S.-The bridge
across the Tchorlu river was blown
up by the Buisarians Yesterday. thus
interruptinE COMMUNICATION between
ILulc Rursas and Constauttnople. ac-
cording to a dispatch from the cor
respondent OF the Reichhopst with
the headquarters OF the Second But
lsarisn army.
Washington Oct. ?S.-Oifficial
desnatches from the Turkish minister
OF foreign affairs received here to-
day by the Turkish ambassador are
interpreted At the embassy rs news
that the Rulesrians have been re-
pulsed from Kirk-Kilissch with heavy
less and the city has been re-takca
by the Turks. \ Bulgarian defeat
a; Marasch also Is reported.
Il H,lrra6, ~, asThe Turk>
evacuated Cskuh in such haste that
they killed one another in fighting
for places in waEons and railroad
cars. say rcpcr;s from the front.
The S,rvians captured IS field
guns and fifteen Ho~itxcrs. with a
lot Of railroad roilir. stock The