Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-28
In Haste to Escape Triumph"
ant Serbs at Uskuh Van
uuishod Ottoman Soldiers
Tramplc Each Other to
Death.
FALL OF ADRIANOPLE
CONFIDENTLY PREDICTED
Initial Defeat of Sultan's Ar
my Caused by Lack Of Lead
erShip; Soldiers Shot Down
by Own Comrades. f
my Leased wire to EvsnlnR HsradI

l,unduu, oct. 2N.--ln one OF tho
grratust strokes Of their campaign,
the lnftgnrluns have cut tho railroad
between Cunstnutlnoplo and Adrian
, pie aud have thus isolated the latter
city. That was indicated today In a
sprClnl despatch from Sofln, whlch
declares the Invaders had seized d
Turkish military train on tho rail-
road.
In addition To tho capture Of tho
town uf Eski. Baba, by tho Bulgarian
truopH, they have boGn pushing tor-
ward, HCco, Iug to the latest reports.
from the eastern side In the hope OF
entirely destroying tho Turkish army
defeated nt Kirk-Kilisseh.
At the same timo tho invaders go
carrying out II wide. sweeping move
mont reaching almost to the shores
OF the Black Sea, aud still other col
imns nru completing the Circla
around AdrinuOplo.
lIulgarans assert the fate of Ad-
rinuoplc is practically sealed. Despite
the pcrils uf the situation. however.
the Turks have not lost hope of re-
trievlnR themselves. According To- "A
despatch from Constnntinople gutftc-
lonl TurklFh Tolntorcslnen,s have now
rCncnrd the front 20 annble the Turk
lsh CDmmander-in-c chief to assume tho
offensive.
II ~ stated that three Turkish col
ulnns ARE moving toward tho north
aud that these columns are to he sup
ported by other Turkish troops bolnG
taken by water to the Turkish ports
on the Black Sea. Whether they viii
bc IN time To do any good ia problo-
muiiCal
Meanwhile military circles aro
sounding the praise of tho Sorvinn
Hrmy's achievements. The Scrvlnns.
from whom Europe did not expect
much, are now In possession Of VII
] tuully the whole of old SCrVlH and la
conjunction with tho MuntcncgrinJ
hold the best part OF the district OF
Nuvlpa2ur,
The Servinn columns have obtain
| ed possession OF the Turkish railroad
from Mltrovitzn, It's northern tcrmi-
nus, down to Uskup and they ara
| following the defeated Turkish army
| 10 Velos. farther to the south.
The Bulgarian column cooperating
with the Srrvlnn army In tho Western
| part at the peninsula has occupied
lslip and threatens to cut off tho re
treat Of the Turks To the south.
Tho Crock nrmy too, IN making
steady hrndwuy. itH capture Of Pen.
| tcpgodlH IN runHldcred At the utmost
| Importance, for with Pontoplgodiu la
Greek hands the whole country 10 tho
| north TX onsily accessible to tho ad-
vance nf the Groek army aud IA"
Turkish bns0 In the far Western r'.
| giOn
Th" Greek plan. Ia Clcurly. 10 effect
10 junction of all the Grrek dtutl"I
aud then march on SHlonisN,
rho Munt"nogrIns, hnmpored v"
| rain dnd the Stubborn resistance ~
| the TURKS, are atill h3mmeTing away
| ~ rdrlkuBclI ana SCutpri
| The creeks, WHO have been lttr
uut ~ some calculations In regard
| To- the future, now put forward a
clalm that the portion of Turkey In
which ia" Greek crown princoa urmy
i9 operating must fan 10 them.
| IN u B"tui-Offlcinl statement the
Greeks pulut out that the country
"a, utiuurd aud that tu the north has
a purely creek population who m
tuuily expect thHt ilndur ~" Circun-
Nau,rB shUlI thoY he placed under
ANYTHING hut IlrllcnlU IulC.
| TIA, firN unuGnsoTcd accounts nt
Nirk EilliBsoh nav" reached London
from C0n8t1ntlnople by the way oE
| kuHtrndIc RumantH,
II appears that on tho night OF Oc-
tObnr 3lst, a Turkish force under tho
command OF MHhmoud Mukhtar Pa
Shn and Prince Asi1 PaHhh went out
With tho Intention OF making sur
prise on tho Bulgarian army oou-
Verging upon k-Kliisaeh. The
night was extremely stormy. violent
squalls Of wind and rain followed by
n steady downpour beating upon the
troops ana dTenohing them to tho
skln even before they started.
| The column was divided. the sepa-
rnto pnrta advancing along in paral-
lol formation, Al dawn a Turkish
advance guard came into contact
with the BulgarlanB and severe ON I.
gnKcmnnt ensued,
Tho BulgarlanH were discovered 20
bc In overwhelming strength and not
merely u light vanguard. as had been
expected,
owing to the darkness. or possibly
to some error In tho route followed
or Ia some confusion Of Instructions,
one Of tho Turkish columns mlHtook
another body OF Turkish troops for
Bulgarlana and delivered n violene at
tack, causing heavy losses. t3
The Turks weFo soon c6mpolied 20
glvo way before the Bulgarian ad-
vance and shortly afterward the
Turkish cavalry, in attempting 4
charge was severely punished.
The Bulgarian fire upon the res
u treating QAvAlsy ana thA lgalleping o