Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-19
bU[GARS TAKE Town
Turks RepuIsed and Musta-
pha Pasha Captured.
BATTLE A STUBBORN ONE
King Ferdinand Watches Fighting
and Congratulates Troops.
MARCH AGAINST ADRIANOPLE
One of Sultan's Armies Is Said to
Be Advancing in Direction
of Sofia.
BATTLE A STUBBORN ONE
MARCH AGAINST ADRIAN0PLE

SOFIA. October 19.-The Turkish towr
of Mustapha Pasha was taken last night
by the Bulgarian army corps which is
| marching on the great fortress of Adrian
ople. The Turks were repulsed all along
the line.
The Bulgarian troops also have crossed
the frontier at other points and have
! captured the small towns of Tsarevoselo
Garnia and Djuma. Other columns have
penetrated through the passes of the
Rhodope mountains and marched across
the frontier into Turkish territory.
The advance of the Bulgarian troops
| on Mustapha Pasha was watched by King
Ferdinand, several princes and Gen. Saw
off, the Bulgarian chief
from a height at Varmaly Belitza, on the
frontier.
The Bulgarians occupied one after an
other the fortified positions around the
town of Mustapha Pasha, which itself
finally fell into their hands. There was
| considerable fighting, and after the bat
troops and decorated many of the wound
ed men.
Tarakosch Is Bombarded.
PODGORITZA. Montenegro, October 49,
The Turkish port of Tarakosch. on Lake
Scutari, and other places in the vicinity
were bombarded yesterday by the Monte
negrin troops.
Crown Prince Danilo of Montenegro
left today for Lake Scutari, where plans
for further operations by the Montenegrin
army are being prepared by the staff
The declaration of war against Turkey
by the other Balkan states was cele-
which all the Balkan ministers drank
toasts TO the health of King Nicholas and
the Montenegrin army. One diplomat,
representing the Balkan states, will re-
main with King Nicholas at his head
quarters.
The Russian and Austrian ministers to
Montenegro visited King Nicholas today.
Prishtina Not Taken.
BELGRADE, Servia. October 19.-The
report of the capture of Prishtna yes
terday by Servian troops was false, ac-
cordfng to an official note issued here
today.
The lest Servian army corps, command
ed by the crown prince. has crossed the
Turkish frontier near Ristovatz, where
II drove back force of Arnaut tribes
men and took the small town of Bujano-
yatz. and railroad station between
Ritsovatz and Cskup. The Turkish troops
are destroying the railroad.
Nurses Sent to Turkey.
BERLIN. October 19-The German
Red Cross Society today sent a surgeon
and twenty-five nurses to Turkey to as
sist in caring for the wounded.
German officers employed in the Tur-
Aisn service nave been forbidden to par
tlclpate in the war, unless they resign
thelr commissions in the German army.
Massacre Inhabitants.
LONDON, October 19.-Turkish bands
To-Day massacred the inhabitants of
three Servian villages to the south
west Of the town of krushevatz, ac-
cording to a news agency dispatch
from Belgrade
The Turks crossed the Servian from
TIER from the NOvipaZar district at
tackled the villages and then retired.
Ihe advance of the Montenegrin army
Turkish troops commanded by Essad
Pasha, according TO a dispatch from
Saioniki. The Montenegrins are said
TO be in critical position, as 10000
Albanian tribesmen are cooperating
with the Turkish troops.
Advancing on Sofia.
One of the Turkish armies. according tn
news agency dispatch from CONSTANT
nople. is advancing toward Sofia, the Bull
garian capital, through the Djuma pass in
the Rhodope mountains. while another is
marching on PhilopoppoHs through Tim
| rush.
Half million men or more armed with
| the most modern implements of war; are
| gathered around AdrianOple. the old
capital of northern Turkey, today for
| what military men anticipate will be a
| long and ha rd-foI siege
| The Bulgarian army, estimated to num-
ber 1000 men, reinforced by 5000 Serv.
| ians as 500 mas war was declared, began
| to night its way in three columns through
| the mountain passes which divide the
/ Balkan states from the territory of the
| Ottoman empire. They succeeded in
driving back the Turkish outposts in
cluding that at Mustapha Pasha, where
| il was thought the Turks might make a
stand.
Big Battle Expected Soon.
AS Mustapha Pasha is only seventeen
miles fVom the fortress of Adrianople a
long time cannot elapse before the main
armies come into touch.
| The Turks already have 600 men in
position and more are arriving daily at
| the front, so that while their adversaries
| for the moment have some advantage In
| numbers, the two forces when they meet
probably Will be nearly equal.
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