The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-11-07

Turkish troops drawn up in the foresx
region south of Kirk-Killisseh and the
Visa road and partly On the entrenched
positions northwest of Luie Burgas.
Retreat Begins.
After heavy forest fighting and con-
t1nually repeated murderous baynoet
assaults the Bulgarians succeeded by
noon In breaking through the Turkish
pos1tfontsands In cooperation ( with an
attack delivered Simultaneously at
Lule Burgas in rolling VI the whole
Turkish wing.
Here early in the afternoon began
la retreat on he line at Lule Burgas
and Dederkeni along the railway and
in h direction of Tcholu. The Bull
|garians Immediately took up the pur-
suit and continued to press the enemy
with extraordinary energy throughout
to press the enemy with extraordinary
energy throughout the night. the re-.
suit being that the Turkish retreat de-
generated into wild flight and on this
wing the Turks became totally dig
Fpersed. Meanwhile on their own left
wing south of N~unarhissar, the Bull
garians had completely enyeloped the
Turks from the northeast.
When dawn broke today (Thursday)
a decisive attack upon the right flank
Of the Turks was delivered from the
shaken by previous fighting the Turks
unable to Withstand the Bulearian
overwhelming flank attack. d
ing their line of retreat through Seria.
almost totally disbanded the Turkish
Bngart. directly south of Tchorlu.
Here also the Bulgarians pursued
the enemy by parallel n continued
o~ut,flanking movement along the
turks. main line of communications
through Serial, Tarkeni and Tcherkes-
skeni and sought to cut the enemy,.
retreat to the Tchatalja lines.
The Turkish losses are enormo,.
Their line of retreat is traceable by a
long trail Of discarded weapons s,S
equipment and. sad to saw. also hv
burning villages and the bodies IL
massacred christians.
The ~Bulgarians captured guns ana
many thousands OF rifles"
100000 MEN ENGAGED
IN WEEK LONG FIGHT
London, Nov. 4.-Graphic descrip-
tons of the week-long battle betwean
the Turkish and Bulgarian armies IN
the southeastern corner of the Balkan
peninsula is now reaching London r.
would appear thai nearly 400. 900 men
have been engaged in the life and
death struggle, which, according to
some accounts, is still in progress.
The fighting on the left wing of the
turkish army. according to one cor
respondent; was terribly severe. In
garians opposed Tugrout shefket
Pasha with his troops in position On
the slopes behind the town. The Rul-
garians brought up six batteries and
shelled the position on Monday even
ing. They then carried out an tnfan-
try attack, which was Unsuccessful
On Tuesday the Bulgarian artillery
settled doWn to a methodical prepare
tory b~ombardment to which the Turk
ish artillery replied vigorously. In the
artillery duel no superiority was shown
by either side. On Tuesday afternoon
it became clear to the Turkish COM
mander that the Bulgarians were push
ing up masses of reinforcements to the
firing line to give weight to their at
tack. This meant that the position at
Lule Burgas was becomin- untenable.
The Turkish advance line Tell back in
admirable order to Tugrout Shefket
Pasha's main position on the left,
guarding the iron railway bridge across
the river Erkene.
The town itself remained unoccupied
by either side during Tuesday night
and throughout Wednesday, when 1t
was set on fire by the explosion of Bull
garian shells.
Hard Fighting Along Line.
Close battle was Joined in between
the opposing forces at dawn on We'd
nesday and ragged with equal fierce
ness along the whole front for a dis
lance of twenty miles.
The Bulgarians began by a deter
mined effort to take the railway bridge,
blu the Turkish troops entrenched near
the head of the bridge drove them back
with a sweeping fire.
Toward % the Bulgarian artil-
lery concentrated it's fire on the CEN
ter of the turkish position as a pre-
was perfectly timed and the Turkish
infantry suffered heavily.
! Long columns of wounded were
passed to the rear, after receiving first
aid on the field.
No description of the latter stages of
the battle has come through. but re-
ports from Sofia as. that the Bull
garians carried everything before
them.
Further dispatches from Sofia say
ate resistance. The conflicts continued
until late on Wednesday night with
WaVerings. Eventually, however, tho
turks gave way all along the line, the
Bulgarians capturing the railway sta
ton at Murad Ii and thus command
ing the railway line to saloniki, which
Is now isolated.
The Christian soldiers in the Turk
ish army continue to desert In great
numbers. They declare they were al
ways placed in the front line Of battle.
ARRANT T%RIBEsMEN
JOIN WITH SERvlANs
Belgrade, Nov. A third levy on
conscripts has been ordered by the
uoos Sc 'ueW Gull .eo!JJo IeM ugIhIsS
as they are equipped, will be dis
patched to the territory occupied by
the Servians In Macedonia, where they
will act as a reserve.
The strength of the Servian armies
has astonished the inhabitants Of the