Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-11-02

earians brought up six batteries and
shelled the position on Monday even
ing. They then carried out an infantry
attack. which was successful. On
Tuesday the Bulgarian artillery set
tied down to a methodical preparatory
bombardment to which the Turkish ar
tillery replied vigorously
In the artillery duel no superiority
was shown by either side.
On Tuesday afternoon it became
clear to the Turkish commander that
the Bulgarians were pushing up
masses of reinforcements to the firing
line to give weight to their attacks.
This meant that the position at Lule
Bergas was becoming untenable. The
Turkish advance line fell back in ad-
mirable order to Torgut Shefket
Pasha's main position on the left,
guarding the Iron railway bridge
across the river Erkene. The town
itself remained unoccupied by either
side during Tuesday night and
throughout Wednesday, when it was
set on fire by the explosion of Bulgar-
ian shells.
Close battle was begun between the
opposing forces at dawn on Wednes-
day and ragged with equal tierceness
along the whole front for distance OF
twenty miles.
The Bulgarians began by a deter
mined effort to take the railway
bridge, but the Turkish troops, en-
Jrenuhod near the head of the bridge,
grove them back with sweeping force.
Toward rocn the Bulgarian artillery
concentrate. - IS tre on the center OF
The Turkish position as a prelude to
ain assault The Shrapnel fire was
perfectly timed and the Turkish in
fantry suffered heavily.
Long columns of wounded were
passed to the rear after receiving first
aid on the field. No description of the
late" stages of the battle has come
through, but reports from Sofia assert
that the Bulgarians carried every
thing before them.
Further dispatches from Sofia say
the Turkish troops offered an OBJ
stinate resistance. The conflicts con-
tinued until late on Wednesday night
with waverings. Eventually, however,
the Turks gave way all along the line,
the Bulgarians capturing the railway
station at Muradli and thus command
ing the railway line to Saloniki, which
is now isolated.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. bulgarian
reports say the Turkish troops during
their retreat from Eski Baba to Lule
Burgas, massacred 200 women, old
men and children in the village of
Atvali.
A number of the victims were still
writhing in their death agonies when
the Bulgarian troops entered the
place
Vienna, Nov. "A fearful battle,
the most sanguinary the Bulgarian
army has had to sustain before
is raging today near the
bridge over the Martha river at
Maras, wires the Reichspost's CORE.
spondent with the Bulgarians.
The Turks are displaying extraor-
dinary stubbornness, continually
up fresh reserves and hust-
ling them into the fight.
The Bulgarians are showing COM
plete contempt for death,
Vienna, Nov. 2.-The fall of Adrian.
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cording to a correspondent of the
telegraphing from Mus
tapha Pasha.
The capitulation of the city, he says.
might be forced sooner by ruthless
bombardment by the Bulgarians, but
King Ferdinand has ordered that the
city be spared. The siege has been
for many days past and the
fall of Democitia to which place the
Turks had taken 10000 men in their
sch with the defeat of the main Turk
ish army at Lule Burgas, removes all
fear of an interruption of the BulSar-
ian siege operations by the Turks.
Athens, Nov. 2.--The Greeks have
defeated the Turks in another battle
on the road to Monastir The Turks
lost 200 cavalry and 100 infantrymen
killed while seven of their field guns
were captured.
Malta, Nov. 2.-The British cruis-
ers, Barham, Weymouth and Medea,
have been intercepted by wireless and
ordered to sail to Levant forthwith.
The Barham is to go to Suda bay and
the other vessels to places where they
will be conveniently situated in case
OF eventualities.