The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-01

London October 31-A four days battle n Thrace has ended in the triumph of he Bulgarian commander In chief, Gen. kral savoff, whose skillful feat has prob tbly brought to a close one of the short sst and most remarkable wars on record.
 A great Turkish army, estimated at pver 200,0oo men, has been defeated and s in retreat Constantinople is believed To Le at the mercy of tke victorous Bull garian army and council, sitting at the porte, is discussing the advisabilty of itung for peace
 ] Such is the news which comes from .enstantinople. It is only fortnight hce Turkey declared war. The first fek of the campaign closed with the Fanatic fall of Kirk-kilisseh fully re- ealing for the first time the dlsorgani- .ation. bad moral and inefficient com nissariat of the Turkish army. Today Elat alipiv is defeated, routed within 50 Fs'f 2s'as .ss 4 aar ' q, sas<'''s -xv~i'alss
 reueat within the eapital's line oi fAysenses Is cut off.
 gbniy the. briefest and vaguest accounts $ If the great battle have yet been re- teived. for the war has been especially remarkable. in that not single war cor respondent has been allowed at the front, except in the case of the little Mon tenegrin campaig n against scutari.
 No Personal Narrative
 Thus no independent personal nar- fatives of the absorbing events have been paesible and the world has to depend on tiased official reports provided by the respective governments or confused de- tails supplied by wounded soldiers
 Apparently Nazm Pasha has been com tletely out maneuvered by Savoff's skill. The Bulgarian turning movement along the Black Sea coast now appears to have been feint, which induced the turkish commander to throw his main army to the eastward, to such effect that inc Bulgarian force on this side had the greatest difficulty in holding the Turks In check.
 h fact, this point seems little in doubt. The Bulgarians gave way and thus enabled Nazim Pasha to reach toward Constantinople of achieve some success in this direction.
 Crushed Left Wing
 rn the meantime. however. General Easoff hurled his great strength against the Turks weakened left wing, which Ii. crushed in at Luleburgas. The lighting along the whole front, which evidently has been the most stubborn and de- terrnined character. was carried on cay and night without intermission and both sides last severo thousand men.
 The capture of Nazim Pasha's head lduarters at Tchorlu, to which town the defeated Turks retreated, has not as yet beer reported, but is hourly expected at Sofa In this event the Turks will be storced within the defensive lines of lTchctalja, the only remaining fortified position protecting Sonstantinople. It lies 25 mics to the northwest of the cap ital.
 Adrianople Holds Out
 Adriancple still holds out but has lost its importance now that the Turks have lmet their Sedan at Luleburgas It is be- I1ieved peace settlement will be arranged either by the porte, suing for peace or the intervention of the powers, and an interesting epoch involving different diplomatic problems will immediately arise as to the division of the spoils of war a question concerning not only the vic | torous allies, but also Russia Austria Roumania and possibly other powers. The campaign of the other Balkan states continues with the success which through o,l; has attended em Scutari has moi yet been captured by the Montenegrins The Servians have taken Prisrend and Greece Is occupying the islands in Aegean ir addition to various towns in Mace [ 6onia.
 The powers. fearing disorders. and mas. saeres in Turkey are hurrying warships | to the various ports of the country tt l protect foreign residents.
 notable feature of the war Is the in ~~-~~>~-~->~~~ (Centinued on Page EIghtl