The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-04

munition. declaring ne had como to his
last cartridge and his timber magasincs
were empty. but the unhappy Abdullah
Pashs. a victim Of n,aiadministration
and incompetency. could DO nothing ex-
cept wiring his hands a. ne cav the
flower OF his army perish bofors his
eyes in slaughtsred heaps.
THEN THE TURKS OPEN FIRE
ON the TOWN.
1T now was tho turn Of the Turkish
artillery. The town was occupied only by
the Turkish dead and the vanguard Of
the enemy. The Turkish artillery from
its position behind LuIs-Burgss accord
ingly opened . heavy fire on the town,
INJECTING severe losses on the enemy.
The result Of this artillery duel was
decidedly favorable to the Bulgarians,
causing heavy losses 10 the Turks. On
the other hand the severe lombard.
msut 70 which Luis.Burgas was sub
jsoted By the Turks led to It's tempo
rary svaouation by the enemy.
Toward evening the Bulgarian ad-
vance became moro and more rapid.
To the amusement Of the Turkish stan
the Buigarians occupied artillery POSI-
lions which apparently had been pre-
/ viousiy selected and the batteries took
I'D their positions az cooliy a. II they
were engaged In manoeuvres and when
they opened hre had the range Of the
neighboring hills to a nicely.
Their mArksmanship was superb and
murderoua
'sThe commander-in-chief had watched
the fight from tho heights near the vii
iage Of satikeui. due east Of Lulu Bur
Gas. A. he observed the Turkish artil.
iery and infantry being moved down
his face for the first time grew serious.
The Turkish artillery from the %
ginning had been poorly supplied with
ammunition and what. they had waa
practically all expended in the night
Of the morning. Now many Eunners
stood around the empty limbers with
folded arms. unable to reply 10 the Bul.
garian IRE. They awaited death. which
came swiftly. In most cases with TIRE
ottoman courage.
"Along tho whole Turkish front the
troops were harassed BY a terrible IRE.
As time went on II became simply
| carnage. Men were falling BY the
| hundred. The morale OF the troops
was completely destroyed by this sp-
| palling ordeal Of shell IRE.
NO FOOD AND SLEEP FOR THE
WEARY TURKS.
when night closed In on the deci-
mated Turks 1t brought IA short respite
to Abdullah's army from shot and
shell. II nothing else. The men badly
needed sleep and food. but there was
no food for them and sleep was impossi.
Bile. for tho pursuing Bulgarians
seemed endowed with relentless force
and energy.
sverywhsre. They numbered the GROUND
IN all directions. or doctors there wer,
few and Of ambulanoss thore were ab.
solutsly none. The dead lay where tie!
had fallen.
Some attempt was made 10 succor til,
wounded but the greater portion perisnst
niserably during the bitter cold Of IN,
night.
"For perhaps an hour the retreat wa.
carried out In good order, nut subse
quentiy. pressed by the mass behind
the vanguard speedily lost all sem
blance to an organized army and the
men abandoned their haversacks. rife,
and all equipments.
Two hours after sunrise the Bull
gsrians obtained Information OF VIVA
was happening In the ranks of Abdul
inh's army and started In pursuit
Thenceforward the retreat was dis
orderly rout. The baggage. guns. an,
all military stores fell into tho hand
Of the pursuing BulGarians.
II myself lost my horse and Q guam
uty OF stores which I had been In
cautious enough to bring forward VIE
me on Wednesday. My own position
grew moro perillous each mo rent NJ
motor car became involved In the It'd
OF the main stream of the retreatin
Turks. which flowed In q long. uneve
line across the plain as far as the ey
could sec.
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down. the horses missing OF shot, con
sequently those wounded who coul
walk were left to shift for themselves
|, limping forward. usually with gapin
shell wounds In the head or upper par
, OF the body Seventy -flve per cent. @
the wounded whom l saw making q Ia
enort to save themselves had been h
by scrapnel This bears eloquent test
mony 10 tho murderous precision OF tn
bulgarian artillery.
$ In the darkness OF the night III
Y Turkish commander pursued his wa
|, toward Karsvirlan, a small village te
miles In the southeast o. his old heat
quarters. In the vain hope Of yet savin
:. his army by stemming the retreat {
the centre.
'Abdullah Pdtha may have been actl
n atod By the best Intentions. but n
( action WAS the worst possible stop. al
II brought disaster. The climax can
A at . O'Clock IN Thursday morning. Whs
the Turkish left wing learned - Il
= Disappearance Of Its commander
c needed bat a panic stricken soldier
L rrc his rille and shout. 'BuIgsrians al
coming" 10 complete the confusion.
n Chaos resned The general cry
!. 'Sauye aui peut" followed. In the darl
rcss Of the wintry morning the who
y army broke away and made a concert,
= bolt for the road leading to the rea
10 Horses. stores and arms were aba
Il doned. Offioers mixed pel mell wi
, the men and carried away the re-
, guard In their rush
:, "Wednerday settled the fate Of ADD,
lah's army. His force could no long
u fight. II had neither ammunition {
lie the guns nor food 10 sustain the soldier
Their pltiable plight brought to lig
3 every moment the hideous defects OF Z
Turkish army organization. II had q
cupied the capital line OF battle with
or great flourish OF trumpets but II v;
IN III prepared tor the herculean task
no fore II OF conquering the highly train
W. and efiicent Bulgarian army.
=, History repeated itself In the Thu
;" cian plain. AbduEah's army. like ii
G. OF Napoleon Ill. was declared TO
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