Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-11-11
FIX BAY0NETS" WAS
ORDER THEN SOLDIERS
SWEPT into TRENCHES
MEN OF BULGARIA DROVE FARMADDENED TURKS FROM LAST LINES
OF DEfENSES IN HEROIC BATTLE,
NEGOTIATIONS NOW GOING ON
FOR FINAL WIND UP OF CONTEST

bulgarian big guns began to tell at
10 O'Clock in the morning, when the
guns in the fort on Mount Kare1 be-
gan to slacken in their reply. The
fort had been swept by heavy storm
of shells for several hours, the great
projectiles bursting right over the
Turks.
Suddenly the command fixed bay
onets' rang out from the Bulgarian Of
flcers, and then cheering wildly, the
/ Bulgarian infantry dashed forward
and the Turks broke and ran toward
the city
At about noon the Bulgarians' colors
tiuttered up over the forts of Karta-
tepe, but Papztepe still held out. The
/ Bulgarian troops were divided into
three columns, which made very slow
progress and for long time the
fortunes of the day seemed uncertain.
Nightfall found the Turks and Bulgar-
ians fighting
AS had occurred at Garteltepe ear
lier in the day, the fire from the Papz-
tepe fort began gradually to slacken.
There also the Bulgarian siege had
caused enormous ravages.
AT about II o'clock at night the Bull.
garian infantry began to storm the
fort at tlee point of the bayonet
Shortly before midnight they had be-
come masters of the position and the
Turks were in fight.
They left their dead and dying by
hundreds on the field.
Vienna. Nov. l1.--Continuous audi
ences between Emperor Francis Jo-
seph and the Austro-H Hungary minis
ter OF war and the general staff of
the army are believed to portend
definite step soon by Austria in regard
to the Balkan situation.
lSr. 8. DaheA president ol the Bul-
garian chamber of commerce, hear
ing, it is said, proposals from King
Ferdinand and King Peter. connected
with Servias desire for port on the
Adriatic set
To these significant occurrences are
added the arrival at Budapest of Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to
the Austro- Hungarian throne and his
forthcoming visit to the German EN-
peror.
Dr. Daneff also is supposed to be
empowered to make special agree
ment with Austria Hungary concern
ing Bulgarian interests and Rouman-
IAN claims. A local newspaper, the
Som Und Montage Seitung, sums up
the position of the Austro- Hungarian
empire in the Balkan question in the
following four points.
|, Assured and unrestricted facili.
Ties for access to the eastern markets
and free commercial transit to Salon
Xxi.
:. The integrity of Albania.
j. The protection of Austria Hun
gary's political interests by the crea.
ton OF local relations with Servia and
the exclusion of political antagonism.
4. Compensation for Roumania.
Paris, Nov. 11.--Public opinion in
Budapest is greatly alarmed over the
belief prevalent there that the r,ili-
tary conference being held today un-
der the presidency of Emperor Fran
els Josef will dcide to mobilize two
army corps In Bosnia, ac-
fording to dispatch to the TEMPS.
uskup. Turkey. Nov. 1.-THE van
guard of the Servian army has reach
"a the coast of the Adriatic sea. 1t
met no armed resistance during its
march through Albania, but its prog
ress was slow on account of the deem
snow.