The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-02

ta the Sultan during the morning stated taat the Bulgarian forces gradually were Icing hemmed in on four sides. Ii es- specially commended the conduct of his troops at Visa, who were said to be lighting with splendid devotion and cour- age.
 Heavy Bulgarian Loss
 A still earlier dispatch from the Turk ish commander in chief dated Thursday. said the Bulgarians had sustained heavy losses in Wednesdays fighting at Bunar- lissar, and that quantity of artillery pieves. rifles, ammunition and other equp- nent had been captured by the Turks
 BGnarhissar is about 40 miles south- east of KirlS-Kilisseh.
 Essad Pasha, commander of the Turk isn forces at Scutar telegraphing under date of October 90, to the commander oi tae Turkish corps at saloniki, said:
 Send me some Turkish troops. It Is impossible to hold out at this place with Albanians alone.'
 Essad Pasha himself is an Albanian. - Albanians Fail to Respond
 At Fl Bassan, town of 15,oo0 inhab- itluts lying 64 miles southeast of setItaf4 ll-,A4e gilasgt of Monassir. only 5000 out Of me loOo0 AlbanianE responded when called to the colors. The Turkish mander there also asked for Turkish troops.
 The condition of refugees who are ar irving here from Kirk -KiIisseh and Aarlanople is most pitiable. Some of them ars camping in the fort yards and already t.cre is danger of an epidemic breaking out among them.
 Three Turkish officers committed sui eide at Kirk -Kflisseh when the panic. arising from the defeat of the Turkish army by the Bulgarians set in.
 Fighting Is Fierce
 Whatever the issue of the terrible battle now raging on the western slopes of the 1strandia mountains in Thrace, it undoubtedly will be reck oned among the worlds great sTug gies Almost uninterruptedly for four days and three nights the battle has proceeded the moon having afforded sufficient light al night for them to continue their fierce onslaughts against each other. Turk and Bulgar are locked in grapple which will be broken only by the decisive defeat of one or the other The complete dearth of news frem the front Wednesday and Thurs day had given rise to a feeling of des- pcndeney and sensational rumors Of tie Turkish reverse gained circulation. Today official reports proved these fu- mors to be unfounded.
 Some idea of the desperate nature Of the fighting is gathered from the fact that more than 5000 wounded so- lo if5f4 rom the front. Fortunately not many were seriously hurt as the bullets drilled clean holes in their victims and these will heal rapidly.
 batch of deserters arrived with the wounded. Indignation was expressed here today over the fact that a Greek torpedo boat had succeeded in enter ing the Gulf of Saloniki last night de- spite the mines and heavily armed forts and blown up the Turkish bat tieship Feth-I-Bnlend. The command ant of the forts will be called to ae- count for permitting the Greeks ad- vance into the harbor
 The movement of troops to the front continues.
 Must Maintain Order
 As a result of a meeting Thursday Of the heads of the diplomatic mis- slons to consider the situation in Con slantinope, the Marquis De Palviop. fhe Austro- Hun garian ambassador and dean of the doploinatic corps. today vis- fled Noradunghianl fiffendi. the foreign minister. and called his attention to the necessity that adequate measures be takne to maintain order. Among the measures the government already has in mind to insure order in the capital in event Of further Turkish reNerses is; tho dispatch of an army division to stopp all fugitive soldiers between Tchatalja and constantinop1e. The city. however, at present Is tranquil and orderly.