The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-13
WORST SIDE or War SEEN.
CORRESPONDENT OF LONDON
TIMES DESCRIBES TURKS RE-
TREAT As FINE.
Representative Of Chronicle Gives n
Graphic Account Of Appalling Car
mage Caused by Rain Of Shell.


correspondents on the scene OF the
Balkan war are beginning to come In.
and they present pictures OF misery
and carnage which have probably not
been equaled In modern times.
Tho Times correspondent with Ma
rim Psshas army pays tribute to the
Turkish retreat after the battle Of
Lule Burgas. He says:
In all my long experience Of the
miserable scenes OF war I have OBJ
served nothing finer than the retire
ment OF the Turkish infantry. Just
as they sauntered into action. so they
sauntered out beneath a terrific fire
from the Bulgarian artillery.
There was no mass formation In
the retirement. 1t seemed as IL sud
denly the whole land had become peo-
Pied The men were In hundreds,
but they were all shah n out In won
deful extension. They seemed to
care nothing for the rain Of metal
which swept down on them. Nor
could see that the fearful storm Of
sharpnel did any great execution
among these men. whose steps 1t
could not even hasten.
Slowly and deliberately with in
domitable dignity the Turkish infari
try retired. and we retired with them
Nor had they to retire far. for this
country In one long succession OF ad-
sinople. and thence to Constanza, he
to Tchataija."
The correspondent OF the Chronicle,
who was with the Turkish command
der-in-chief during part of the oper-
ations. calls the battle In Thrace "a
terrible and appalling defeat" AZ
ter making his way back to Constan-
tinople. and thence to Constanza, Sc
sent the following:
This defeat has been followed by
rout for which there is scarcely a
parallel In history. In the latter
stages II degenterated into wild
panic and stampede. which quickly
communicated itself to the whole
lighting force. Forty thousand Of the
flower of the Turkish trops have fall
len. while Abduliah Pasha himself
narrowly escaped the fate OF rs per
cent OF his artillery. who were made
captives
"Brigades dissolved into regiments,
regiments into companies. compa-
MES into small groups. by handfuls
the army has found It's way back to
Tchorlu. the Bulgarian artillery
cruelty harassing them and moving
them down In thousands"
Describing the hghting at Lule
Bursas. the correspondent says that
throughout the superiority OF the
Bulgarian artillery was very pro-
nounced. The Turks. unable to with
stand the murderous fire. slowly with
drew. The gunners being dead and
the horses killed. the guns were left
to the enemy.
Having successfully and efYectual-
iy silenced the fire OF the Turks. the
Bulsarians stormed the town (Lule
Bursas) with the bayonet. The great
er part of the Turkish garrison had
already withdrawn. Those who re-
mained at the rear guard were
caught In a trap. The men of the
fourth corps. although without food
for two days. offered stubborn resist
ance and died to a man.
After raising the flag on the prin-
cipal mosque. the Bulgarians attack
ed the railway station. four miles
away. As they approached they were
subjected TO fierce fire from the
batteries at the station and the
neighboring hills While the con-
fusion caused by the unexpected fire
was at Its height, the Turkish caval-
ry under Salih Pasha dashed from
concealment with drawn swords and
shouting: Allah. Allah swept like
a tornado on the exposed infantry
The Bulgars turned. but the Turks
simply rode them down. causing ex-
traordinary havoc.
"Elated by success the Turks cor
tinued the forward movement and
suddenly came within the fire OF the
Bulgarian machine guns. which
brought both tho Turks and their
horses To the ground. "a torn and tan
gled mass. Few of them came back
The Bulgars. recovering from their
temporary check. rushed forward.
The great artillery duel around
Luie Burgas lasted nearly all day
The Turks Ind heen nnnrIx snrvnd